Status of Linguatula serrata infection in livestock: A systematic review with meta-analysis in Iran

摘要

ObjectivesThe present systematic review attempted to determine the prevalence ofLinguatula serrata(L. serrata) infection among Iranian livestock. TheL. serrataknown as tongue worm belongs to the phylum pentastomida and lives in upper respiratory system and nasal airways of carnivores. Herbivores and other ruminants are intermediate hosts.MethodsMEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane Library were searched from Nov 1996 to 22 Apr 2019 by searching terms including “Linguatula serrata”, “linguatulosis”, “pentastomida”, “bovine”, “cattle”, “cow”, “buffalo”, “sheep”, “ovine”, “goat”, “camel”, “Iran”, and “prevalence” alone or in combination. The search was conducted in Persian databases of Magiran, Iran doc, Barakatkns (Iran medex) and Scientific Information Database (SID) with the same keywords. After reviewing the full texts of 133 published studies, 50 studies had the eligibility criteria to enter our review.ResultsBy random effects model analysis, the pooled prevalence of linguatulosis was 25% (95%CI: 18.0–33.0,I2?=?98.67?%?, P?