title: Notes from the field: identification of a Taenia tapeworm carrier - Los Angeles County, 2014.
abstract: Carriers of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, are the sole source of cysticercosis, a parasitic tissue infection. When tapeworm eggs excreted by the carrier are ingested, tapeworm larvae can form cysts. When cysts form in the brain, the condition is called neurocysticercosis and can be especially severe. In Los Angeles County an average of 136 county residents are hospitalized with neurocysticercosis each year. The prevalence of Taenia solium carriage is largely unknown because carriage is asymptomatic, making detection difficult. The identification and treatment of tapeworm carriers is an important public health measure that can prevent additional neurocysticercosis cases.
authors: Curtis
authors: C
authors: Croker
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Soriano
authors: Rachel
authors: R
authors: Civen
authors: Robert A
authors: RA
authors: Larsen
authors: Benjamin
authors: B
authors: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004544:El Salvador / Q000208:ethnology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006166:Guatemala / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010063:Ovum; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000302:isolation & purification*
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