Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis in the Russian Federation

Bobić, Branko, Thomas, Lian F., Djaković, Olgica Djurković, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Dermauw, Veronique, Dorny, Pierre, Braae, Uffe Christian, Robertson, Lucy, Saratsis, Anastasios, Eichenberger, Ramon, and Torgerson, Paul R. (2018) Epidemiology of Taenia saginata taeniosis/cysticercosis in the Russian Federation. Parasites & Vectors, 11. 636.

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Abstract

Background: Russia is traditionally an endemic area for Taenia saginata infection, where a programme for the prevention of infection has been implemented for sixty years. This paper aims, therefore, to review the recent epidemiology data of Taenia saginata infection in the Russian Federation.

Methods: We undertook a systematic review of published and grey literature, and official data for information on the incidence, prevalence and distribution of Taenia saginata taeniosis and cysticercosis in the Russian Federation between 1st January 1991 and 31st December 2017.

Results: From the 404 records returned by our search strategy, we identified 17 official county reports, 17 papers and one meeting abstract on the occurrence of taeniosis or cysticercosis from the Russian Federation, eligible for inclusion in this study. In the Russian Federation, Taenia saginata infection has been continuously present and notifiable in the study period between 1991-2016. In the same area, a continuous decrease in the incidence of human taeniosis cases was observed, from 1.4 to 0.04 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, as well as a reduction in the territory where the infection is reported. The prevalence of bovine cysticercosis, ranging between 0.1-19.0%, generally has a declining trend, especially after 2005.

Conclusions: Importance of Taenia saginata infection as a medical and veterinary problem has been decreasing in the 21st century but it is still an infection with health and economic impact in the Russian Federation.

Item ID: 56827
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1756-3305
Keywords: Taenia saginata, Beef tapeworm, Taeniosis, Bovine cysticercosis, Russian Federation
Copyright Information: © The Author(s). 2018. 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. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
Funders: Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (RS)
Projects and Grants: RS Grant III 41019
Date Deposited: 09 Jan 2019 07:49
FoR Codes: 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3107 Microbiology > 310702 Infectious agents @ 50%
42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4202 Epidemiology > 420299 Epidemiology not elsewhere classified @ 50%
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