Taeniasis and cysticercosis prevalence in a small village from Northeastern Brazil.

Gomes I.

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Título :	Taeniasis and cysticercosis prevalence in a small village from Northeastern Brazil.
Creador:	Gomes I.
Nivel de acceso:	Open access
Palabras clave :	Anticuerpos Antihelmínticos - sangre Brasil - epidemiología Cisticercosis - sangre Cisticercosis - epidemiología Enfermedades endémicas Prevalencia Factores de riesgo Estudios seroepidemiológico Factores socioeconómicos Teniasis - epidemiología 1 Población urbana Antibodies, Helminth - blood Brazil - epidemiology Cysticercosis - blood Cysticercosis - epidemiology Endemic Diseases 1 Prevalence 1 Risk Factors 20. Seroepidemiologic Studies 2 Socioeconomic Factors 2 Taeniasis - epidemiology 2 Urban Population Cisticercosis teniasis epidemiología prevalencia factores de riesgo. cysticercosis taeniasis epidemiology prevalence risk factors.
Descripción :	Although not considered as an endemic region, the Northeast of Brazil has the necessary conditions for the development of taeniasis-cysticercosis complex. In a previous paper, we demonstrated that Mulungu do Morro municipality, in the State of Bahia, has a high seroprevalence to cysticercosis in epileptic patients. OBJECTIVE: to determine the prevalence of taeniasis and positive cysticercosis serology in the population of Mulungu do Morro. METHOD: blood and stool samples were collected from a random sampling of the population, by family. The identification of antibodies against T. solium cysticerci was made by EITB and T. solium antigens were identified using a polyclonal antibody-capture ELISA. RESULTS: the cysticercosis seroprevalence was 1.6% (C.I. = 0.8 to 2.8%) and the taeniasis prevalence 4.5% (C.I. = 3.0 to 6.5%). Seropositivity to cysticercosis was higher among those who lived in a house of a person testing positive for coproantigen, p=0.017. CONCLUSION: our results demonstrate that the taeniasis-cysticercosis complex is endemic in Mulungu do Morro. We believe that all areas in the world with the same socio-economic and sanitary characteristics are likely to have high prevalence of this parasite.
Colaborador(es) u otros Autores:	Veiga M Embirucu EK Rabelo R Mota B Meza Lucas A Tapia Romero R Carrillo Becerril BL Alcantara-Anguiano I Correa D Melo A.
Fecha de publicación :	2002
Tipo de publicación:	Artículo
Formato:	pdf
Fuente:	Arq Neuropsiquiatr 60((2-A)):219-23
URI :	http://repositorio.pediatria.gob.mx:8180/handle/20.500.12103/2859
Idioma:	spa
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