Taenia solium infection in a rural community in the Peruvian Andes

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-379

  Moro, P L ^a,b,c,f   Lopera, L ^d   Bonifacio, N ^a   Gilman, R H ^a,b,c   Silva, B ^e   Verastegui, M ^b   Gonzales, A ^d   Garcia, H H ^a,b   Cabrera, L ^a   Pretell, J ^h   Tovar, M ^h   Gonzalez, A ^h   Gavidia, C ^h   Falcon, N ^h   Bernal, T ^h   Herrera, G ^h   Jimenez, J ^h   Rodriguez, S ^h   Tsang, C W ^g  

^a ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^e HOSPITAL NACIONAL ARZOBISPO LOAYZA   (Peru)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CESTODIASIS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNO ELECTROTRANSFER BLOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

CESTODA; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0037561415     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803235002371     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Bern, C., Garcia, H. H., Evans, C., Gonzalez, A. E., Verastegui, M., Tsang, V. C. & Gilman, R. H. (1999). Magnitude of the disease burden from neurocysticercosis in a developing country. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 29, 1203-1209.
2. Diaz, F., Garcia, H. H., Gilman, R. H., Gonzales, A. E., Castro, M., Tsang, V. C., Pilcher, J. B., Vasquez, L. E., Lescano, M. & Carcamo, C. (1992). Epidemiology of taeniasis and cysticercosis in a Peruvian village. The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. American Journal of Epidemiology, 135, 875-882.
3. Garcia, H. H., Gilman, R. H., Tovar, M. A., Flores, E., Jo, R., Tsang, V. C., Diaz, F., Torres, P. & Miranda, E. (1995). Factors associated with Taenia solium cysticercosis: analysis of nine hundred forty-six Peruvian neurologic patients. Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (CWG). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 52, 145-148.
4. Garcia, H. H., Gilman, R. H., Tsang, V. C. & Gonzalez, A. E. (1997). Clinical significance of neurocysticercosis in endemic villages. The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91, 176-178.
5. Garcia, H. H., Araoz, R., Gilman, R. H., Valdez, J., Gonzalez, A. E., Gavidia, C., Bravo, L. & Tsang, V. C. (1998). Increased prevalence of cysticercosis and taeniasis among professional fried pork vendors and the general population of a village in the Peruvian highlands. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 59, 902-905.
6. Garcia, H. H., Gilman, R. H., Gonzalez, A. E., Pacheco, R., Verastegui, M. & Tsang, V. C. (1999a). Human and porcine Taenia solium infection in a village in the highlands of Cusco, Peru. The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Acta Tropica, 73, 31-36.
7. Garcia, H. H., Gilman, R. H., Gonzales, A. E., Tsang, V. S. W. & Verastegui, M. (1999b). Epidemiology of Taenia solium infection in Peru. In Taenia solium Taeniasis/cysticercosis, eds Garcia, H. H. & Martinez, S. M. pp. 297-305. Lima: Editorial Universo.
8. Garcia, H. H., Gonzalez, A. E., Gilman, R. H., Palacios, L. G., Jimenez, I., Rodriguez, S., Verastegui, M., Wilkins, P., Tsang, V. C. & The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (2001). Transient antibody response in Taenia solium infection in field conditions - a major contributor to high seroprevalence. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 65, 31-32.
9. Moro, P. L., Guevara, A., Verastegui, M., Gilman, R. H., Poma, H., Tapia, B., Tsang, V. C. W., Garcia, H. H., Pacheco, R., Lapel, C., Miranda, E. & The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (1994). Distribution of hydatidosis and cysticercosis in different Peruvian populations as demonstrated by an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 51, 851-855.
10. Moro, P. L., Bonifacio, N., Gilman, R. H., Lopera, L., Silva, B., Takumoto, R., Verastegui, M. & Cabrera, L. (1999). Field diagnosis of Echinococcus granulosus infection among intermediate and definitive hosts in an endemic focus of human cystic echinococcosis. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93, 611-615.
11. Sanchez, A. L., Medina, M. T. & Ljungstrom, I. (1998). Prevalence of taeniasis and cysticercosis in a population of urban residence in Honduras. Acta Tropica, 69, 141-149.
12. Schantz, P. M., Sarti, E., Plancarte, A., Wilson, M., Criales, J. L., Roberts, J. & Flisser, A. (1994). Community-based epidemiological investigations of cysticercosis due to Taenia solium: comparison of serological screening tests and clinical findings in two populations in Mexico. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 18, 879-885.
13. Senanayake, N. & Roman, G. C. (1993). Epidemiology of epilepsy in developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 71, 247-258.
14. Tsang, V. C., Brand, J. A. & Boyer, A. E. (1989). An enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay and glycoprotein antigens for diagnosing human cysticercosis (Taenia solium). Journal of Infectious Diseases, 159, 50-59.
15. White, A. C. (1997). Neurocysticercosis: a major cause of neurological disease worldwide. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 24, 101-113.
16. Wilson, M., Bryan, R. T., Fried, J. A., Ware, D. A., Schantz, P. M., Pilcher, J. B. & Tsang, V. C. (1991). Clinical evaluation of the cysticercosis enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot in patients with neurocysticercosis. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 164, 1007-1009.