Prevalence of Cystic Echinococcosis Genotypes in Iranian Animals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the 28 studies included in the meta-analysis of cystic echinococcosis relative frequency percentage in animals.

	Geographical region	Type of animals	Sample size	Cystic echinococcosis genotype [1]					References
				G1; (sheep strain)	G2; (Tasmanian sheep strain)	G3; (buffalo strain)	G6; (camel strain)	G7; (pig strain)
1	Lolerestan (2011)	Sheep	88	100%					[15]
		Cattle	27	100%
		Goat	25	100%
2	Esfahan (2011)	Camel	26	34.61%			65.39%		[16]
		Cattle	14	64.28%			35.71%
		Sheep	34	100%
		Goat	10	100%
3	Western Azerbaijan (2011)	Sheep	270	100%					[17]
		Goat	185	100%
		Cattle	197	100%
		Buffalo	129	100%
		Dog	8	100%
4	Urmia, Tabriz, Ardabil, Rasht, Ahvaz (2012)	Buffalo	25	100%					[18]
5	Esfahan (2012)	Goat	20	85%			15%		[19]
6	Yasuj (2012)	Sheep	31	100%					[20]
		Goat	56	100%
		Cattle	6	100%
7	Ardebil (2013)	Dog	14	100%					[21]
		Red fox	10	100%
		Jackal	1	100%
8	Mazandaran (2013)	Goat	120	100%					[22]
9	Tehran (2014)	Donkey	1	100%					[23]
10	East Azarbaijan (2016)	Sheep	19	89.47%		10.52%			[24]
11	Tabriz (2015)	Dog	16	81.25		9.37%	9.37%		[25]
12	Northwest (2015)	Sheep	49	96%		4.00%			[26]
		Cattle	28	92.85%		7.15%
13	Mazandaran (2019)	Sheep	5		100%				[27]
		Cattle	1			100%
14	Golestan (2016)	Camel	9	66.70%	66.70%	66.70%	33.30%	33.30%	[28]
		Sheep	18	89.21%		3.07%	16.92%
		Cattle	40	89.21%		3.07%	16.92%
		Buffalo	2	100%		50%
		Goat	1	100%		100%
15	Northwest, North, and Southeast (2017)	—	115	80%	0.86%	9.6%	12.17%		[29]
16	Northeast (2015)	Sheep	50	100%					[30]
		Goat	30	80%				20%
17	Esfahan (2014)	Sheep	51	63.00%		25.00%	12%		[31]
		Goat	8	77%		21%	2%
		Cattle	7	72%		28%
18	Ardebil (2013)	Sheep	19	95%		5%			[32]
		Goat	4	100%
		Cattle	21	99.95%		4.76%
19	Kerman (2012)	—	37	75.67%		13.51%	10.81%		[33]
20	Central of Iran (2011)	Camel	19	26.30%		42.10%	31.60%		[34]
21	West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Gilan, Khuzestan (2011)	Buffalo	25	92%		8%			[35]
22	Northwest (2016)	—	22	94.50%		5.70%			[36]
23	Kerman (2013)	—	280	70.76		3%		36.5%	[37]
24	Rasht, Gilan (2021)	—	57	94.20%		5.80%			[38]
25	Esfahan (2010)	Sheep	37	100%					[39]
		Cattle	4	100%
		Camel	18	66.66%				33.33%
		Goat	8	100%
	Tehran (2010)	Sheep	27	100%
	Golestan (2010)	Sheep	10	100%
		Cattle	5	100%
	Mazandaran (2010)	Sheep	3	100%
26	Markazi province (2019)	—	49	61%	2%	37%			[6]
27	Lorestan (2018)	Sheep	18	100%					[40]
		Cattle	18	88.90%		11.10%
28	Khorasan Razavi (2019)	Dog	71	75%	10%	15%			[41]