Abstract
72 members of a pig farming community and 50 slaughtered pigs in Uttar Pradesh, India, were examined between November 2000 and June 2001 for Taenia solium infection. 27 of the human subjects (38%) had intestinal taeniasis and 7 (9.7%) had reported seizures. All 3 of the latter who were examined had neurocysticercosis. 13 of the pigs (26%) had cysticercosis. Such high prevalences indicate the need for detailed assessment of the disease burden in this community.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Agricultural Workers' Diseases / diagnosis
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Agricultural Workers' Diseases / epidemiology*
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Animals
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Feces / parasitology
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Humans
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India / epidemiology
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
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Neurocysticercosis / epidemiology
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Neurocysticercosis / pathology
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Neurocysticercosis / veterinary
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Pilot Projects
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Prevalence
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Swine Diseases / epidemiology*
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Taenia / isolation & purification*
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Taeniasis / epidemiology*
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Taeniasis / parasitology
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Taeniasis / veterinary*