title: [Frequency of anti-Cysticercus cellulosae antibodies in individuals from five counties in the Northern region of Brazil].
abstract: An epidemiological and serological study was carried out on a sample of 2,180 individuals, in five counties in the north of Paraná State-Brazil, using the indirect immunofluorescence test to detect anti-Cysticercus cellulosae antibodies. These individuals, 69 (3.2%) showed significant titers of antibodies. No single significant difference between the proportion of reactivity in Sarandi (6.6%) and in Marialva (4.7%) was observed (Z = 1,319, P = 0.0936), but it was significantly higher than that observed in Mandaguaçu, Paiçandu and Maringá (P < 0.01). Of these individuals, 47.9% were within 21-49 years old and 79.4% were of female sex. "Headache" (70.6%), "faintness" (57.4%), and "convulsions" (7.4%) were among the most frequent by reported, moreover, cases of Taenia infections (22.1%) and the custom of eating uncooked beef (41.2%) or pork (27.9%) and meat containing cysticerci (25.0%) were also related.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR-Brasil.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lonardoni
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bertolini
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Arraes
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Svidzinski
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Visentainer
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Misuta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Siqueira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000276:immunology*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth