title: Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in Papua, Indonesia in 2001: detection of human worm carriers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Margono
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Subahar
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamasaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wandra
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Purba
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suroso
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D018509:DNA, Helminth