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Prevalence of porcine cysticercosis and associated risk factors in Homa Bay District, Kenya

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Title
Prevalence of porcine cysticercosis and associated risk factors in Homa Bay District, Kenya
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BMC Veterinary Research, December 2012
DOI 10.1186/1746-6148-8-234
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Eric E Eshitera, Samuel M Githigia, Philip Kitala, Lian F Thomas, Eric M Fèvre, Leslie JS Harrison, Evalyn W Mwihia, Richard O Otieno, Fred Ojiambo, Ndichu Maingi

Abstract

Taenia solium is an important zoonosis in many developing countries. Cysticercosis poses a serious public health risk and leads to economic losses to the pig production industry. Due to scarcity of data on the epidemiology of porcine cysticercosis in Kenya, the present study was conducted to determine the prevalence and risk factors for porcine cysticercosis within Homa Bay district. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2010, and a total of 392 pigs were recruited in a household survey, with all being tested by ante-mortem lingual palpation (together with questionnaire data on pig production, occurrence and transmission of porcine cysticercosis, risk factors and awareness of porcine cysticercosis collected from the households from which pigs were sampled). Sufficient serum was collected from 232 of the pigs to be tested for the presence of circulating parasite antigen using a monoclonal antibody-based sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Ag-ELISA).

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 2 2%
United States 2 2%
Ghana 1 <1%
Ecuador 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
Unknown 108 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 23 20%
Researcher 16 14%
Student > Bachelor 12 10%
Lecturer 10 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 8%
Other 21 18%
Unknown 25 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 26 22%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 24 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 17 15%
Social Sciences 5 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Other 12 10%
Unknown 28 24%
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