Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in Papua, Indonesia in 2001: detection of human worm carriers.
A preliminary study to detect human worm carriers of Taenia solium in Papua (Irian Jaya), Indonesia was carried out using stool examinations for the detection of copro-antigens and adult proglottids after chemotherapy, and confirmation by mitochondrial DNA analysis using expelled proglottids and metacestodes developed in NOD/Shi-scid mice from eggs of expelled proglottids. Approximately 8.6% of the local population in Kama (5/58), 1 km from the local capital city centre, Wamena, were confirmed to harbour adult T. solium using these techniques.
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Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Ito
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Sato
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Okamoto
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Subahar
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Yamasaki
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Hamid
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Wandra
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Purba
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Nakaya
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Ito
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Craig
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Suroso
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D002353:Carrier State; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000276:immunology; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D008875:Middle Aged; D010219:Papua New Guinea / Q000453:epidemiology; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D018509:DNA, Helminth