title: Human and porcine Taenia solium infection in rural north India.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow-226 014, India. knprasad@sgpgi.ac.in
authors.forename: Kashi N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chawla
authors.forename: Deepika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Chandra M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Lily
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: Rakesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: 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*