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

# The Author(s) 2015. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract Three hundred forty-three pigs slaughtered and marketed in western Kenya were subjected to lingual exami-nation 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 andHP10 Ag-ELISA was between 34.4 % (95 % confidence interval (CI) 19.4–49.4 %) and 37.6 % (95 % CI 29.3–45.9 %), re-spectively. 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