Taeniasis and cysticercosis prevalence in a small village from Northeastern Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

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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