title: [Frequency of patients with anti-Cysticercus cellulosae blood antibodies in 5 municipalities of the state of Sao Paulo].
abstract: Considering the important health public problem that human cysticercosis represents, the frequency of anti-Cysticercus cellulosae antibodies was studied in 1,264 serum samples, 1,064 being from the general population individuals (821 adults and 243 children) living in five municipalities of São Paulo State, Brazil; and 200 from patients admitted to the Psychiatric Hospital Bezerra de Menezes (Presidente Prudente). Discs of synthetic fabric-resin with the valently bound were employed for ELISA tests. Among the sera from adults, nineteen (2.30%) were reactive 2 (0.82%) among the children sera. Ten (5.00%) among the psychiatric patients sera presented reactivity. This was significantly higher than that observed for the adults of the general population group (p less than 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Seção de Sorologia, Serviço de Microbiologia e Imunologia, Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Vaz
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hanashiro
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Chieffi
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth
vernacular_title: Freqüência de indivíduos com anticorpos séricos anti-Cysticercus cellulosae em cinco municípios do estado de São Paulo.