J Korean Med Sci.  1993 Apr;8(2):145-152. 10.3346/jkms.1993.8.2.145.

Seroepidemiological observation of Taenia solium cysticercosis in epileptic patients in Korea

• Kong Y
• Cho SY
• Cho MS
• Kwon OS
• Kang WS

• KMID: 1421966
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.1993.8.2.145

Abstract

Prevalence survey of neurocysticercosis was made in a mixed epilepsy patients of Changmi Club in Korea. From February 1987 to July 1990, a total of 2,667 randomly selected patients at 27 local centers was tested for their serum levels of anti-Cysticercus antibody (IgG) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Positive rate of the antibody was 4.0% in the examined patients. The standardized antibody positive rate by provincial population was 3.1%. The rate was the highest in patients living in Cheju Do (8.4%). The patient age brackets of 0 approximately 9 years and over 50-year showed higher positive rates of the antibody. In 750 normal persons who checked up routine physical examination, the antibody positive rate was 2.1% (standardized rate was 1.8%). These seroepidemiological data disclosed for the first time the prevalence of cysticercosis in epileptic patients and in population.

Keyword

Epidemiology; Neurocysticercosis; Epilepsy

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Animals
Antibodies, Helminth/*blood
Child
Child, Preschool
Cysticercosis/complications/*epidemiology
Cysticercus/*immunology
Epilepsy/*complications
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Korea/epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Sex Factors
Antibodies, Helminth