[Frequency of anti-Cysticercus cellulosae antibodies in individuals from five counties in the Northern region of Brazil].
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.
Lonardoni
M V
MV
Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, PR-Brasil.
Bertolini
D A
DA
Silveira
T G
TG
Arraes
S M
SM
Svidzinski
T I
TI
Cardoso
R F
RF
Gomes
M L
ML
Dias
M L
ML
Visentainer
J E
JE
Misuta
N M
NM
Ramos
M
M
Siqueira
V L
VL
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
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth