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Evidence for Transmission of Taenia solium Taeniasis/Cysticercosis in a Rural Area of Northern Rwanda.

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dc.contributor.author Acosta Soto, Lucrecia
dc.contributor.author Parker, Lucy Anne
dc.contributor.author Irisarri-Gutierrez, Maria Jose
dc.contributor.author Bustos Palomino, Javier Arturo
dc.contributor.author Castillo Berrios, Yesenia
dc.contributor.author Perez, Erika
dc.contributor.author Munoz-Antoli, Carla
dc.contributor.author Esteban, Jose Guillermo
dc.contributor.author García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.contributor.author Bornay-Llinares, Fernando Jorge
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-18T21:44:15Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-18T21:44:15Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9369
dc.description.abstract Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by the metacestode larval stage (cysticercus) of Taenia solium. In humans, cysticercosis may infect the central nervous system and cause neurocysticercosis, which is responsible for over 50,000 deaths per year worldwide and is the major cause of preventable epilepsy cases, especially in low-income countries. Cysticercosis infection is endemic in many less developed countries where poor hygiene conditions and free-range pig management favor their transmission. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 680 children from a rural primary school in Gakenke district (Northern province of Rwanda). Stool samples were collected from participants and analyzed using the Kato-Katz method (KK), formol-ether concentration (FEC), and/or copro-antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (CoAg-ELISA) to detect taeniasis. Blood samples were collected and analyzed using enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) and antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Ag-ELISA) to detect human cysticercosis. The overall proportion of taeniasis positivity was 0.3% (2/680), and both cases were also confirmed by CoAg-ELISA. A total of 13.3% (76/572) of the children studied were positive to cysticercosis (T. solium-specific serum antibodies detected by EITB), of whom 38.0% (27/71) had viable cysticercus (T. solium antigens by Ag-ELISA). This study provides evidence of the highest cysticercosis prevalence reported in Rwanda in children to date. Systematic investigations into porcine and human cysticercosis as well as health education and hygiene measures for T. solium control are needed in Gakenke district en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Frontiers Media
dc.relation.ispartofseries Frontiers in Veterinary Science
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Taenia solium en_US
dc.subject taeniasis en_US
dc.subject cystcercosis en_US
dc.subject children en_US
dc.subject Gakenke en_US
dc.subject Rwanda en_US
dc.title Evidence for Transmission of Taenia solium Taeniasis/Cysticercosis in a Rural Area of Northern Rwanda. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.645076
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.03.00
dc.relation.issn 2297-1769


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