Epidemiology of taeniasis and cysticercosis in a Peruvian village. The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

Gonzales, A; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Castro, M; Lescano, M; Vasquez, L; Pilcher, J; Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio; Tsang, V; Diaz, F

dc.contributor.author	Diaz, F
dc.contributor.author	García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.contributor.author	Gilman, Robert Hugh
dc.contributor.author	Gonzales, A
dc.contributor.author	Castro, M
dc.contributor.author	Tsang, V
dc.contributor.author	Pilcher, J
dc.contributor.author	Vasquez, L
dc.contributor.author	Lescano, M
dc.contributor.author	Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-10T03:26:12Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-10T03:26:12Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12348
dc.description.abstract	To determine the prevalence of cysticercosis in a rural area where the disease is endemic, the authors studied the seroepidemiology of human and porcine cysticercosis in a Peruvian jungle community (Maceda, Peru) in 1988 using an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay. Of the 371 sampled inhabitants, 30 (8%) were seropositive, most of whom were asymptomatic. After niclosamide therapy, four Taenia species worms were identified in the seropositive group, compared with one in the control group (p = 0.06). Pigs were frequently infected: 44 of 133 (33%) were found positive for Taenia by tongue examination and 57 of 133 (43%) were positive by EITB. In 69% of the sampled households that had pigs, there was at least one seropositive pig. The number of pigs diagnosed positive by the tongue examination was significantly greater in households that had latrines than in those that did not. Cysticercosis is a common but usually asymptomatic infection that affects both humans and pigs in the high jungle areas of Peru.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries	American Journal of Epidemiology
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Cysticercosis	en_US
dc.subject	Environmental monitoring	en_US
dc.subject	Immunoblotting	en_US
dc.subject	Swine	en_US
dc.subject	Taenia	en_US
dc.subject	Toilet facilities	en_US
dc.subject	Transfer blot	en_US
dc.title	Epidemiology of taeniasis and cysticercosis in a Peruvian village. The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116383
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.09
dc.relation.issn	1476-6256