Endemicity of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs from Mbeya Rural and Mbozi districts, Tanzania

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Table 1 Numbers of Taenia solium cysticerci in 26 infected pigs out of 282 slaughtered pigs in Mbeya Rural and Mbozi districts, Tanzania

Animal number	Total count of cysticerci	% viable cysticerci	Brain	Tongue	Masticatory muscles	Heart	Diaphragm	Forelimb	Remaining half carcass
5	116	100	1	1	6	10	10	36	52
19	2	100	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21	97	94.8	2	1	2	5	3	26	58
25	10	80	0	1	0	1	0	0	8
31	12	100	1	0	0	0	1	2	8
44	2935	100	8	57	41	141	42	576	2070
130	2	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
149	3228	100	12	329	369	69	515	430	1504
150	19,603	100	148	1846	851	20	0	1980	14,758
157	4322	100	1	167	245	138	113	1174	2484
162	437	100	2	16	62	35	2	222	98
169	2162	100	17	94	112	48	17	1076	798
170	6	100	0	0	1	3	0	0	2
184	42	100	0	4	0	8	0	18	12
188	84	100	3	3	6	1	3	32	36
192	1114	100	2	96	143	167	2	430	274
194	3113	100	9	201	118	346	213	810	1416
195	246	100	0	13	14	8	5	94	112
200	26	100	0	0	0	0	0	6	20
202	4	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
210	5145	100	24	241	247	366	313	1968	1986
218	6	100	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
222	38,730	100	433	2750	6800	336	635	17,928	9848
224	110	97.3	0	8	3	3	2	34	60
226	4	100	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
236	2	100	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

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