Human and porcine Taenia solium infection in rural north India.
72 members of a pig farming community and 50 slaughtered pigs in Uttar Pradesh, India, were examined between November 2000 and June 2001 for Taenia solium infection. 27 of the human subjects (38%) had intestinal taeniasis and 7 (9.7%) had reported seizures. All 3 of the latter who were examined had neurocysticercosis. 13 of the pigs (26%) had cysticercosis. Such high prevalences indicate the need for detailed assessment of the disease burden in this community.
Prasad
Kashi N
KN
Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow-226 014, India. knprasad@sgpgi.ac.in
Chawla
Sanjeev
S
Jain
Deepika
D
Pandey
Chandra M
CM
Pal
Lily
L
Pradhan
Sunil
S
Gupta
Rakesh K
RK
D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*