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metadata.dc.type: | Artigo de Periódico |
Title: | Taeniasis and cysticercosis prevalence in a small village from northeastern Brazil |
Other Titles: | Arq Neuropsiquiatr |
Authors: | Gomes, Irenio Veiga, Marielza Embiruçu, Emília Katiane Rabelo, Rosângela Mota, Bernardo Lucas, Antonio Meza Tapia-Romero, Raquel Carrillo-Becerril, Bertha Laura Alcántara-Anguiano, Isabel Correa, Dolores Melo, Ailton de Souza |
metadata.dc.creator: | Gomes, Irenio Veiga, Marielza Embiruçu, Emília Katiane Rabelo, Rosângela Mota, Bernardo Lucas, Antonio Meza Tapia-Romero, Raquel Carrillo-Becerril, Bertha Laura Alcántara-Anguiano, Isabel Correa, Dolores Melo, Ailton de Souza |
Abstract: | 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. |
Keywords: | Cysticercosis Taeniasis Epidemiology Prevalence Risk factors |
Publisher: | Associação Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Dr. Oswaldo Lange |
URI: | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/5920 |
Issue Date: | Jun-2002 |
Appears in Collections: | Artigo Publicado em Periódico (Faculdade de Medicina) |
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