Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria | |
Taeniasis and cysticercosis prevalence in a small village from Northeastern Brazil | |
Irenio Gomes2  Marielza Veiga2  Emília Katiane Embiruçu2  Rosângela Rabelo2  Bernardo Mota2  Antonio Meza-lucas1  Raquel Tapia-romero1  Bertha Laura Carrillo-becerril1  Isabel Alcántara-anguiano1  Dolores Correa1  Ailton Melo2  | |
[1] ,Universidade Federal da BahiaSalvador BA ,Brazil | |
关键词: cysticercosis; taeniasis; epidemiology; prevalence; risk factors; cisticercose; teníase; epidemiologia; prevalência; fatores de risco; | |
DOI : 10.1590/S0004-282X2002000200006 | |
来源: SciELO | |
【 摘 要 】
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.
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