title: Taeniasis and cysticercosis prevalence in a small village from Northeastern Brazil.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Irenio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Marielza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veiga
authors.forename: Emília Katiane
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Embirucu
authors.forename: Rosângela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rabelo
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meza-Lucas
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tapia-Romero
authors.forename: Bertha Laura
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Carrillo-Becerril
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alcantara-Anguiano
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Correa
authors.forename: Ailton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth