Aflatoxins in Uganda: An Encyclopedic Review of the Etiology, Epidemiology, Detection, Quantification, Exposure Assessment, Reduction, and Control

Table 7

Hepatoma incidence and frequency of aflatoxin contamination of some staple foods in Uganda.

Region^a	Hepatoma cases/100,000 people per annum	Aflatoxigenic contamination
		Analyzed samples	% of AF-positive samples	Total aflatoxin (μg/kg)
				1–100	100–1000	>1000
Toro	No data collected	29	79.3	10	31	38
Karamoja	15.0	105	43.8	24	15	5
Buganda	2.0–3.0	149	28.9	23	4	1
West Nile	2.7	26	23.1	19	4	0
Busoga	2.4	39	10.3	05	5	0
Acholi	2.7	26	15.4	15	0	0
Ankole	1.4	37	10.8	11	0	0
Rwanda immigrants	3.0	None collected	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

Modified from [93]. Regions have different tribes with different traditional practices and ways of handling foods. ^aUganda is no longer divided into these regions, which have instead been made districts.