BACKGROUND: Taenia solium and Taenia saginata are food-borne parasites of global importance. In eastern Europe only fragmented information is available on the epidemiology of these zoonotic parasites in humans and animal populations. In particular for T. solium, on-going transmission is suspected. The aim of this systematic review was to collect the available data and describe the current knowledge on the epidemiology of T. solium and T. saginata in eastern Europe. METHODS: Literature published in international databases from 1990 to 2017 was systematically reviewed. Furthermore, local sources and unpublished data from national databases were retrieved from local eastern European experts. The study area included 22 countries. RESULTS: Researchers from 18 out of the 22 countries provided data from local and unpublished sources, while no contacts could be established with researchers from Belarus, Kosovo, Malta and Ukraine. Taeniosis and human cysticercosis cases were reported in 14 and 15 out of the 22 countries, respectively. Estonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia reported cases of porcine cysticercosis. Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine reported bovine cysticercosis. CONCLUSIONS: There is indication that taeniosis and cysticercosis are present across eastern Europe but information on the occurrence of T. solium and T. saginata across the region remains incomplete. Available data are scarce and species identification is in most cases absent. Given the public health impact of T. solium and the potential economic and trade implications due to T. saginata, notification of taeniosis and human cysticercosis should be implemented and surveillance and notification systems in animals should be improved.

Central European Institute of Technology University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno Palackého tř 1946 1 61242 Brno Czech Republic

Centre for Global Health Department of Community Medicine and Global Health Institute of Health and Society University of Oslo Kirkeveien 166 0450 Oslo Norway

Centre for Global Health Department of Neurology Technical University Munich Ismaninger Strasse 22 81675 Munich Germany

Centre of Excellence for Food and Vector borne Zoonoses Institute for Medical Research University of Belgrade Belgrade Serbia

Department of Biomedical Sciences Institute of Tropical Medicine Nationalestraat 155 2000 Antwerp Belgium

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Sciensano Brussels Belgium

Department of Food Hygiene and Technology Veterinary Faculty University of Sarajevo Zmaja od Bosne 90 Sarajevo 71 000 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Department of Microbiology 424 Military General Hospital Thessaloniki Greece

Department of Neurology Klinikum rechts der Isar Technical University Munich Ismaninger Straße 22 81675 Munich Germany

Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy Pulawy Poland

Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases Veterinary Faculty University of Sarajevo Zmaja od Bosne 90 Sarajevo 71 000 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje Lazar Pop Trajkov 5 7 1000 Skopje Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases with Clinic Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia

Department of Parasitology Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Colentina Clinical Hospital Bucharest Romania

Department of Parasitology National Institute for Public Health Budapest Hungary

Department of Parasitology University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca Cluj Napoca Romania

Department of Pathology and Parasitology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno Palackého tř 1946 1 61242 Brno Czech Republic

Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen Dyrlægevej 100 Frederiksberg Denmark

Department of Veterinary Economics and Epidemiology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Zagreb Zagreb Croatia

Department of Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ghent University Salisburylaan 133 9820 Merelbeke Belgium

Faculty of Biology University of Latvia Riga Latvia

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland

Institute for Microbiology and Parasitology Medical faculty University Ss Cyril and Methodius Skopje Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Institute for Pathology Medical Faculty University Ss Cyril and Methodius Skopje Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Institute of Food Safety Health and Environment Riga Latvia

Institute of Parasitology Slovak Academy of Sciences Košice Slovakia

Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences Estonian University of Life Sciences Kreutzwaldi 1 51006 Tartu Estonia

IRTA Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 Bellaterra Spain

Laboratory of Parasitology Department of Bacteria Parasites and Fungi Infectious Disease Preparedness Statens Serum Institute Copenhagen Denmark

Laboratory of Parasitology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ghent University Salisburylaan 133 B 9820 Merelbeke Belgium

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Lithuania

Parasitological Laboratory Department of Microbiology Clinical Center of Serbia Belgrade Serbia

University of Florida College of Medicine Gainesville Florida USA

Veterinary and Food laboratory Kreutzwaldi 30 51006 Tartu Estonia

Veterinary Research Institute HAO DEMETER Campus Thermi 57001 Thessaloniki Greece

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