title: [Human neurocysticercosis in Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil].
abstract: The objective of this manuscript was to know the neurocysticercosis prevalence and some epidemiological aspects in Baixada Fluminense, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The data came from the service of computerized tomography of the Nova Iguaçu General Hospital from 1996 to 2002 and from neuroimage "D'IMAGEM" Center from 1992 to 2002. We analyzed 36,379 tomographies identifying 72 cases of the parasitoses, the majority in women (62.5%, p>0.05) and in the chronic phase (93.1%). The neurocysticercosis had occurred in all age groups and increase with age (r=0.84, p<0.05), being that 45.8% of them up to 50 years. The 20 interviewed cases were origin from several municipal districts of Baixada Fluminense, the monthly per capita income was 366 R dollars. The growing urbanization, deficient sanitary vigilance, absence of sewage systems and sanitary education are the main factors that potentially the transmission of cysticercosis and taeniasis in the Baixada Fluminense.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ernani Costa
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: Scintilla Santos
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Edson Alexandre La' Terza
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Hilana Regina Ribeiro
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Raimundo Wilson
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed