Prevalence and risk factor associated with Taenia solium cysticercosis among pig farmers in two districts (Amuru and Gulu) in Northern Uganda

dc.contributor.authorAlarakol, S. P.
dc.contributor.authorBagaya, B. S.
dc.contributor.authorYagos, Walter Onen
dc.contributor.authorAginya, E. I. Odongo
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-18T07:01:27Z
dc.date.available2022-02-18T07:01:27Z
dc.date.issued11/30/2020
dc.description.abstractTaenia solium cysticercosis is a serious public health issue affecting humans in developing countries. The disease affects the rural economies due to the loss in productivity associated with human ill-health and condemnations of infected pork carcasses by the veterinarians. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence and risk factors for porcine cysticercosis in the districts of Amuru and Gulu in Northern Uganda. A cross sectional study was conducted among households rearing pigs in Amuru and Gulu districts in Northern Uganda from March to June, 2019. A total of 569 pigs and 300 households were studied. Data on prevalence and risk factors for T. solium cysticercosis was collected using lingual examinations and questionnaires, respectively. Data was analyzed using Pearson’s Chi square. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to detect the independent factors associated with dependent variables. Variables with P< 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. The prevalence of Cysticercus cellulosae was at 13.6% (96% CI: 8.6-18.6). The risk factors associated with porcine cysticercosis transmission in Gulu and Amuru were sex (P=0.044, OR=5.41 (95%CI:1.04-15.24)), pig keeping, (P=0.00, OR=0.56 (95%CI: 0.012-0.25)), routine deworming (P=0.04,OR=1.13 (95%CI:0.032-0.35)) and pig free range (P=0.03, OR=3.843 (95%CI: 1.13-12.71)) and open defecation (P=0.003, OR=0.322(95%CI: 0.003-3.058)). The findings from the current study indicate that the prevalence of porcine T. solium cysticercosis is endemic in Gulu district. The porcine cysticercosis is being influenced by pig farmers, lack of deworming, free range pigs, and allowing pigs to feed on human faeces. There is need for the local to authorities to strengthen public health education on pig husbandry practices and routine meat inspection at these facilities by the health authorities in the region.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipsupported through the DELTAS Africa Initiative grant # DEL-15-011 to THRiVE-2. The DELTAS Africa Initiative is an independent funding scheme of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS)’s Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) and supported by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Planning and Coordinating Agency (NEPAD Agency) with funding from the Wellcome Trust grant # 107742/Z/15/Z and the UK government. BSB receives salary support from DELTAS Africa grant # 107743 to MUII-plus.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2141-2510
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.5897/JPVB2020.0395
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.gu.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/20.500.14270/105
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Parasitology and Vector Biologyen_US
dc.subjectPrevalence,en_US
dc.subjectTaenia solium cysticercosis,en_US
dc.subjectrisk factors,en_US
dc.subjectNorthern Ugandaen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and risk factor associated with Taenia solium cysticercosis among pig farmers in two districts (Amuru and Gulu) in Northern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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