title: [Environmental spread of Taenia proglottids: an atypical yet interesting public health problem in schools].
abstract: We report herein a new case of teniasis caused by Taenia saginata (tapeworm) in a pediatric patient with done-on-purpose dispersion of proglottids happened in an elementary school inside the health district ASL CN-1. This new case highlights how teniasis in children is not as rare, as it is not so rare dispersal of proglottids in the environment, made on purpose, by the same subjects that have been parasitized. The environmental dispersion of proglottids is an important public health problem that requires a rapid and joint management of the problem aiming to identify the parasite as quickly as possible, given the different pathogenic larval stage of three species of tapeworm that can infest the man.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Prevenzione ASL CN1, Cuneo. dutto.moreno@tiscali.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dutto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sapino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giovanetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students; D041202:Taenia saginata / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000923:Anticestodal Agents