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Table 2.

Epidemiological data available.

Country name Year Prevalence porcine cystic. (n) Prevalence human cystic. (n) Prevalence NCC among epileptic patients (n) Methods of diagnosis Case reports (n) Ref. No.
Benin 1993 1 [11]
1996 3.5 (319) 9.1 (11) Ab-ELISA [2]
1998 1.3 (2625) Ab-ELISA, EITB [64]
2010 0.22 Post mortem*** [60]
2014 0.87 (60.924) Tongue*** [59]
Burkina Faso 2000 0.57 Meat*** [32]
2008 6 [18]
2009 10.3–1.4–0 (532) Ab-ELISA* 1 [29, 85]
2011 32.5–39.6 (173–157) Ag-ELISA* [53]
2012 2.2–1.5–0.2 (888) Ag-ELISA, CT scan [79]
2012 4.5 (70) Ag-ELISA [90]
2013 35 [104]
2014 3** [57]
2016 0–11.5 (3609) Ab and Ag-ELISA [28]
Ghana 1999 11.7 (60) Post mortem [97]
2015 2.31 (4121) Post mortem [8]
Côte d’Ivoire 1972 1 [62]
1978 2.5 Tongue [80]
1980 1 [26]
1991 3.6 Meat [36]
1999 4 [86]
Nigeria 1980 1.76 Post mortem [35]
1995 20.5 (2358) Post mortem [93]
2003 1 [1]
2010 5.85–14.4 (205) Tongue / Post mortem [61]
2012 3.2 (247) Post mortem [23]
2013 9.6 (63) Ab-ELISA 1 [15, 116]
2013 6.25 (4380) Post mortem 1 [69, 115]
2014 9.3 (43) Post mortem [46]
2015 14.3 (300) Ab-ELISA [45]
Senegal 1976 2 [44]
2010 6.4–13.2 (1705) Ag-ELISA [108]
2011 11.9 (403) 23.3 (43) Ag-ELISA, EITB, CT scan [106]
Togo 1989 2.4 (5264) 21.6 (125) Ag-ELISA [42]
1990 17 (1000) 29.5 (1000) Ag-ELISA [43]
2000 38 (1000) 135.29 (1000) Ag-ELISA [16]
2001 1 [19]
2015 143 [82, 111]
The Gambia 2010 4.8 (371) Ag-ELISA [108]
Guinea Bissau 1980 18.4 Post mortem [35]
2015 1** [114]
Mali 2009 1 [76]
Cape Verde 1995 1** [104]
2004 1** [27]
2013 1 [98]
2009 1 [95]
*

Ag-ELISA: Monoclonal antigen-detection enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on serum; Ab-ELISA: Monoclonal antibody-detection enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay on serum;

**

Imported in Europe;

***

Tongue or meat or post mortem inspection;

(n) Number of subjects or animals examined.

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