TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence of porcine cysticercosis in Angónia District, Mozambique
AU - Pondja, Alberto
AU - Neves, Luís
AU - Mlangwa, James
AU - Afonso, Sónia
AU - Fafetine, José
AU - Willingham, Arve Lee
AU - Thamsborg, Stig Milan
AU - Johansen, Maria Vang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2015/3/1
Y1 - 2015/3/1
N2 - A total of 108 pigs from an endemic area in Mozambique were selected and followed for 8 months to estimate the prevalence and incidence of Taenia solium cysticercosis as indicators of ongoing transmission of the disease. The pigs were sampled and tested repeatedly for cysticercosis by Ag-ELISA at 4, 9 and 12 months of age. Porcine cysticercosis was diagnosed in 5.6% (95% CI: 2.1-11.7%), 33.3% (95% CI: 23.7-44.1%) and 66.7% (95% CI: 55.5-76.9%) of the animals, for the first, second and third sampling rounds, respectively, and varied by village. The mean incidence rate of the disease increased significantly from 6.2 cases per 100 pig-months between 4 and 9 months of age, to 21.2 cases per 100 pig-months between 9 and 12 months of age (incidence rate difference. =. 15.0; 95% CI: 6.8-23.3). Risk factors for the disease are present in the study area, thus control and educational programmes for the community should be initiated to build awareness of the transmission and impact of T. solium infections.
AB - A total of 108 pigs from an endemic area in Mozambique were selected and followed for 8 months to estimate the prevalence and incidence of Taenia solium cysticercosis as indicators of ongoing transmission of the disease. The pigs were sampled and tested repeatedly for cysticercosis by Ag-ELISA at 4, 9 and 12 months of age. Porcine cysticercosis was diagnosed in 5.6% (95% CI: 2.1-11.7%), 33.3% (95% CI: 23.7-44.1%) and 66.7% (95% CI: 55.5-76.9%) of the animals, for the first, second and third sampling rounds, respectively, and varied by village. The mean incidence rate of the disease increased significantly from 6.2 cases per 100 pig-months between 4 and 9 months of age, to 21.2 cases per 100 pig-months between 9 and 12 months of age (incidence rate difference. =. 15.0; 95% CI: 6.8-23.3). Risk factors for the disease are present in the study area, thus control and educational programmes for the community should be initiated to build awareness of the transmission and impact of T. solium infections.
KW - Incidence
KW - Mozambique
KW - Porcine cysticercosis
KW - Taenia solium
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U2 - 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.01.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 25623971
AN - SCOPUS:84923096984
SN - 0167-5877
VL - 118
SP - 493
EP - 497
JO - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
JF - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
IS - 4
ER -