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The magnitude of the burden of these parasites in pigs in Burundi is not known. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of <jats:italic>Taenia<\/jats:italic> spp. infections in pigs by meat inspection, partial carcass dissection and molecular confirmation and estimate the prevalence of <jats:italic>Toxoplasma gondii<\/jats:italic> infection in pigs by serology. A cross-sectional study was conducted in pig slaughter slabs located in Bujumbura city, Kayanza and Ngozi provinces. Multisampling strategies were used to sample 576 pigs. Upon pig slaughter, blood samples were collected to perform indirect ELISA for detecting antibodies against the <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> P30 protein in the serum. Routine meat inspection was carried out to detect <jats:italic>T. solium<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>T. hydatigena<\/jats:italic> cysticerci. The tongue, heart and masseter muscles were dissected by making slices less than 5\u00a0mm thick to estimate the intensity and stages of <jats:italic>T. solium<\/jats:italic> cysticerci. A subset of cysticerci and suspected lesions per infected pig were examined using PCR-RFLP to differentiate <jats:italic>Taenia<\/jats:italic> spp.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Of the 576 pigs, 14 (2.4%) were positive for <jats:italic>T. solium<\/jats:italic> cysticercosis by meat inspection and 67 (11.6%) by partial carcass dissection. After molecular analysis, 66 (11.5%) samples were confirmed to be <jats:italic>T. solium<\/jats:italic> infections. The average of <jats:italic>T. solium<\/jats:italic> cysticerci in the dissected organs was estimated at 80 cysticerci. Most cysticerci (76.1%) were counted in the masseter muscles, followed by the tongue (18.8%) and the heart (5.1%). The majority of cysticerci (88.3%) were viable, 6.4% were calcified and 5.3% were degenerated. Approximately 69% of the pigs infected with <jats:italic>T. solium<\/jats:italic> had light infections, 13.4% had moderate infections and 17.9% had heavy infections. Thirty-two out of 576 pigs (5.5%) were suspected of being infected with <jats:italic>T. hydatigena<\/jats:italic> by meat inspection, but 24 pigs (4.2%) were confirmed molecularly to be positive for <jats:italic>T. hydatigena<\/jats:italic> infection. The seroprevalence of <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> infection in pigs was 17.7%.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This study indicates that <jats:italic>T. solium<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>T. gondii<\/jats:italic> parasites are endemic in Burundi and provides evidence of potential public health risks for the local population. 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