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

Table 4

Subgroup analysis of cystic echinococcosis genotypes prevalence by animal types.

Type of genotype		Number of studies in which each genotype was evaluated	Random pooled ES (95% CI)	value for test ()	^2 (%)	The value for the heterogeneity test
Type of animals
G1	Sheep	12	0.98 (0.92, 1)	<0.001	87.07	<0.001
	Cattle	10	0.95 (0.86, 1)	<0.001	79.34	<0.001
	Goat	11	1 (0.96, 1)	<0.001	73.82	<0.001
	Camel	4	0.46 (0.26, 0.67)	<0.001	64.94	0.04
	Buffalo	4	1 (0.97, 1)	<0.001	55.13	0.08
	Dog	4	0.90 (0.73, 1)	<0.001	71.39	0.01
	Red fox	1	1 (0.69, 1)	<0.001	—	—
	Jackal	1	1 (0.03, 1)	0.05	—	—
	Donkey	1	1 (0.03, 1)	0.05	—	—
	Overall	48	0.97 (0.92, 0.99)	<0.001	87.51	<0.001
G3	Sheep	5	0.12 (0.04, 0.22)	<0.001	63.27	0.03
	Cattle	6	0.04 (0.00, 0.14)	0.06	37.46	0.16
	Goat	2	0.30 (0.00, 0.74)	0.04	—
	Camel	2	0.50 (0.31, 0.69)	<0.001	—
	Buffalo	2	0.05 (0.00, 0.21)	0.22	—
	Dog	2	0.14 (0.07, 0.23)	<0.001	—
	Overall	19	0.12 (0.06, 0.20)	<0.001	62.48	<0.001
G6	Sheep	2	0.13 (0.05, 0.22)	<0.001	—	—
	Cattle	2	0.21 (0.11, 0.34)	<0.001	—	—
	Goat	2	0.14 (0.02, 0.30)	<0.001	—	—
	Camel	3	0.45 (0.22, 0.69)	<0.001	—	—
	Dog	1	0.13 (0.02, 0.38)	0.03	—	—
	Overall	10	0.24 (0.14, 0.36)	<0.001	69.19	<0.001