TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and risk of cysticercosis and taeniasis in an urban population of soldiers and their relatives
AU - De Lourdes García-García, Maria
AU - Torres, Mario
AU - Correa, Dolores
AU - Flisser, Ana
AU - Sosa-Lechuga, Alfredo
AU - Velasco, Oscar
AU - Meza-Lucas, Antonio
AU - Plancarte, Agustin
AU - Avila, Guillermina
AU - Tapia, Raquel
AU - Aguilar, Laura
AU - Mandujano, América
AU - Alcántara, Isabel
AU - Morales, Zoila
AU - Salcedo, Arturo
AU - De La Luz Mañón, Maria
AU - Valdespino-Gomez, José Luis
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - To determine markers of Taenia solium transmission and risk factors in an urban community, we studied 1,000 soldiers from a military camp in Mexico City and their relatives. Serum samples were used to detect antigens and antibodies and fecal specimens were examined for Taenia coproantigens and helminth eggs. Prevalences of 12.2% and 5.8% for cysticercosis were found among soldiers and their relatives, respectively Taeniasis was found in 0.5% and none of the groups, respectively. Relatives of soldiers positive for cysticercosis and taeniasis markers ate more pork from street stores than restaurants or markets compared with relatives of soldiers without these indicators of infection. Also, 12.0% of the relatives of positive soldiers had a history of expelling tapeworm proglottids in the feces in contrast to 3.7% of the family members of the control group. Prevalence values and risk factors in this urban population are similar to those of previous studies performed in rural populations.
AB - To determine markers of Taenia solium transmission and risk factors in an urban community, we studied 1,000 soldiers from a military camp in Mexico City and their relatives. Serum samples were used to detect antigens and antibodies and fecal specimens were examined for Taenia coproantigens and helminth eggs. Prevalences of 12.2% and 5.8% for cysticercosis were found among soldiers and their relatives, respectively Taeniasis was found in 0.5% and none of the groups, respectively. Relatives of soldiers positive for cysticercosis and taeniasis markers ate more pork from street stores than restaurants or markets compared with relatives of soldiers without these indicators of infection. Also, 12.0% of the relatives of positive soldiers had a history of expelling tapeworm proglottids in the feces in contrast to 3.7% of the family members of the control group. Prevalence values and risk factors in this urban population are similar to those of previous studies performed in rural populations.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.386
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.386
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 10497976
AN - SCOPUS:0344117565
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 61
SP - 386
EP - 389
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 3
ER -