1998
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.902
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Increased prevalence of cysticercosis and taeniasis among professional fried pork vendors and the general population of a village in the Peruvian highlands. Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru.

Abstract: Abstract. Two different populations in Saylla, a Peruvian village near Cusco, known for chicharrones, a local pork dish, were surveyed by serology and stool examination to determine the prevalence and epidemiologic characteristics of Taenia solium infection. Group I (n ϭ 43), the chicharroneros, were members of families professionally devoted to the making and selling of chicharrones, and Group II (n ϭ 102) was a sample of the general population of the same village. Unlike people in Group I, general villagers … Show more

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“…Poor sanitation and lack of veterinary control provide the conditions to sustain the life cycle of T. solium (Garcia et al, 1998).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Poor sanitation and lack of veterinary control provide the conditions to sustain the life cycle of T. solium (Garcia et al, 1998).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Esta información confirmó el rol de la neurocisticercosis en la etiología de la epilepsia en zonas endémicas (10)(11)(12) . Basados en la procedencia de los casos clínicos y los estudios de prevalencia de nuestro grupo, estimamos como las zonas más claramente endémicas para NCC toda la sierra, la costa norte y la selva alta (Figura 2).…”
Section: Epidemiología De La Teniasis/ Cisticercosis En El Perúunclassified
“…Studies in slaughter and live animals in other countries in the East and central African region have also found the disease to be prevalent in the traditional pig husbandry [89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96]. Several studies in endemic areas have associated the disease with free ranging pig husbandry, poor sanitary practices and lack of veterinary control, all related to poverty [77,86,97,98].…”
Section: Taenia Solium Cysticercosismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pigs usually get infected by eating infected human feces or by consuming feed or water contaminated with human feces. Humans can also become accidental intermediate hosts upon ingestion of T. solium eggs [77,78]. In both humans and pigs, the larval stage of T. solium can establish in the muscles and/or in the brain, the latter resulting in Neurocysticercosis (NCC), which is the most common cause of human acquired epilepsy in many developing countries and accounts for over 20 million cases and 50 000 deaths each year [73,79].…”
Section: Taenia Solium Cysticercosismentioning
confidence: 99%