Prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs entering the food chain in western Kenya

Three hundred forty-three pigs slaughtered and marketed in western Kenya were subjected to lingual examination and HP10 Ag-ELISA for the serological detection of Taenia solium antigen. When estimates were adjusted for the sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic assays, prevalence of T. solium...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Lian Francesca, Harrison, Leslie Jayne Stevenson, Toye, Philip, de Glanville, William Anson, Cook, Elizabeth Anne Jesse, Wamae, Claire Njeri, Fèvre, Eric Maurice
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Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26581436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0949-6
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author Thomas, Lian Francesca
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Cook, Elizabeth Anne Jesse
Wamae, Claire Njeri
Fèvre, Eric Maurice
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description Three hundred forty-three pigs slaughtered and marketed in western Kenya were subjected to lingual examination and HP10 Ag-ELISA for the serological detection of Taenia solium antigen. When estimates were adjusted for the sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic assays, prevalence of T. solium cysticercosis estimated by lingual exam and HP10 Ag-ELISA was between 34.4 % (95 % confidence interval (CI) 19.4–49.4 %) and 37.6 % (95 % CI 29.3–45.9 %), respectively. All pigs, however, were reported to have passed routine meat inspection. Since T. solium poses a serious threat to public health, these results, if confirmed, indicate that the introduction of control strategies may be appropriate to ensure the safety of pork production in this region.
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spelling pubmed-47106552016-01-19 Prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs entering the food chain in western Kenya Thomas, Lian Francesca Harrison, Leslie Jayne Stevenson Toye, Philip de Glanville, William Anson Cook, Elizabeth Anne Jesse Wamae, Claire Njeri Fèvre, Eric Maurice Trop Anim Health Prod Short Communications Three hundred forty-three pigs slaughtered and marketed in western Kenya were subjected to lingual examination and HP10 Ag-ELISA for the serological detection of Taenia solium antigen. When estimates were adjusted for the sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic assays, prevalence of T. solium cysticercosis estimated by lingual exam and HP10 Ag-ELISA was between 34.4 % (95 % confidence interval (CI) 19.4–49.4 %) and 37.6 % (95 % CI 29.3–45.9 %), respectively. All pigs, however, were reported to have passed routine meat inspection. Since T. solium poses a serious threat to public health, these results, if confirmed, indicate that the introduction of control strategies may be appropriate to ensure the safety of pork production in this region. Springer Netherlands 2015-11-18 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4710655/ /pubmed/26581436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0949-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26581436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0949-6
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