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New insights in cysticercosis transmission

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dc.contributor.author Arriola, Carmen S.
dc.contributor.author Gonzalez Zariquiey, Armando Emiliano
dc.contributor.author Gomez-Puerta, Luis A.
dc.contributor.author Lopez-Urbina, Maria T.
dc.contributor.author García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.contributor.author Gilman, Robert Hugh
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-10T18:12:17Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-10T18:12:17Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8094
dc.description.abstract Taenia solium infection causes severe neurological disease in humans. Even though infection and exposure to swine cysticercosis is scattered throughout endemic villages, location of the tapeworm only explains some of the nearby infections and is not related to location of seropositive pigs. Other players might be involved in cysticercosis transmission. In this study we hypothesize that pigs that carry nematodes specific to dung beetles are associated with cysticercosis infection and/or exposure. We carried out a cross-sectional study of six villages in an endemic region in northern Peru. We euthanized all pigs (326) in the villages and performed necropsies to diagnose cysticercosis. For each pig, we counted cysticerci; measured anti-cysticercus antibodies; identified intestinal nematodes; tabulated distance to nearest human tapeworm infection; and recorded age, sex, productive stage, and geographic reference. For the purpose of this paper, we defined cysticercosis infection as the presence of at least one cysticercus in pig muscles, and cysticercosis exposure as seropositivity to anti-cysticercus antibodies with the presence of 0-5 cysticerci. Compared to pigs without nematode infections, those pigs infected with the nematode Ascarops strongylina were significantly associated with the presence of cysticerci (OR: 4.30, 95%CI: 1.83-10.09). Similarly, pigs infected with the nematode Physocephalus sexalatus were more likely to have cysticercosis exposure (OR: 2.21, 95%CI: 1.50-3.28). In conclusion, our results suggest that there appears to be a strong positive association between the presence of nematodes and both cysticercosis infection and exposure in pigs. The role of dung beetles in cysticercosis dynamics should be further investigated. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Animals en_US
dc.subject Antibodies, Helminth/blood en_US
dc.subject Coleoptera/parasitology en_US
dc.subject Cross-Sectional Studies en_US
dc.subject Cysticercosis/epidemiology/parasitology/transmission/veterinary en_US
dc.subject Cysticercus/immunology/pathogenicity en_US
dc.subject Feces/parasitology en_US
dc.subject Female en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Male en_US
dc.subject Muscles en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Risk Factors en_US
dc.subject Swine en_US
dc.subject Swine Diseases/epidemiology/parasitology/transmission en_US
dc.subject Taenia solium/immunology/pathogenicity en_US
dc.subject Taeniasis/epidemiology/parasitology en_US
dc.title New insights in cysticercosis transmission en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003247
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn 1935-2735


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