Porcine Cysticercosis and Risk Factors in The Gambia and Senegal
| Autor: | Stanny Geerts, Redgi De Deken, Eric Van Marck, Arss Secka, Tanguy Marcotty |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Veterinary medicine Article Subject business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Prevalence Cysticercosis medicine.disease Porcine cysticercosis lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases medicine.drug_formulation_ingredient Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Taenia solium medicine Helminths Seroprevalence Parasitology lcsh:RC109-216 business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Parasitology Research, Vol 2010 (2010) Journal of Parasitology Research |
| ISSN: | 2090-0031 2090-0023 |
| Popis: | During a stratified cross-sectional survey, 1705 pigs were sampled from 279 randomly selected households, 63 randomly selected communities and villages, from four study areas in The Gambia and Senegal during the period October 2007 to January 2008. Porcine cysticercosis prevalence detected by tongue inspection at animal level per study area ranged from 0.1% to 1.0%. Using an antigen-detection ELISA the seroprevalence of cysticercosis at both community/village and animal levels for the four selected study areas is: Western region 80.0% (95%CI: 52.4%–93.6%) and 4.8% (95%CI: 3.4%–6.5%), Bignona 86.7% (95%CI: 59.8%–96.6%) and 8.9% (95%CI: 5.0%–15.5%), Kolda 82.4% (95%CI: 46.8%–96.1%) and 13.2% (95%CI: 10.8%–16.0%), and Ziguinchor 81.3% (95%CI: 43.5%–96.1%) and 6.4% (95%CI: 4.0%–10.1%), respectively. No risk factors for cysticercosis were found significant in this study. This study proved that porcine cysticercosis is endemic and distributed widely in the study areas though its incidence might be suppressed by the generalised use of toilets and latrines in the study areas. |
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