[Brief survey on cysticercosis and Taenia solium taeniasis in a village of western Cameroon]

Med Trop (Mars). 1986 Apr-Jun;46(2):181-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report on a short clinical, serological, coprological and epidemiological survey on prevalence of T. solium in a western Cameroon village. They stress on the interest of an ELISA technique with cysticercosis antigen, and on the efficiency of praziquantel (Biltricide*) in cysticercosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Helminth / analysis
  • Kamerun
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cysticercosis / diagnosis
  • Cysticercosis / drug therapy
  • Cysticercosis / epidemiology*
  • Cysticercus / immunology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Praziquantel / therapeutic use
  • Rural Population
  • Taeniasis / epidemiology*

Substances

  • Antigens, Helminth
  • Praziquantel