Korean J Parasitol.  2005 Dec;43(4):135-139. 10.3347/kjp.2005.43.4.135.

A seroepidemiological survey of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Nabo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

• Chung JY
• Eom KS
• Yang Y
• Li X
• Feng Z
• Rim HJ
• Cho SY
• Kong Y

• KMID: 1729470
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2005.43.4.135

Abstract

We have observed the seropositive rate of Taenia solium cysticercosis in residents at Nabo Village, Tiandong County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. The village had been found to be a relatively high endemic area of porcine cysticercosis among roaming pigs. Of 202 persons examined four males aged 15, 25, 35 and 41 year-old exhibited absorbance (abs) at 0.18, 0.20, 0.35 and 0.55, respectively. In addition, two females whose ages were 35 and 39 years revealed specific antibody levels of abs 0.26 and 0.41 in their sera. Overall positive rate among the people was 2.97%. All of these persons agreed that they had ingested the pork infected with T. solium metacestode (TsM), while history of proglottid discharge was not noticed from all of them. Three males and one female complained of intermittent headache. Our findings reinforced not only that the prevalence of cysticercosis might be related with roaming pigs infected with TsM but also that behavioral and environmental practices in local community constituted risk factors for transmission of the infection.

Keyword

Taenia solium metacestode; roaming pigs; swine cysticercosis; epidemiology; seroprevalence

MeSH Terms

Taenia solium/*isolation & purification
Swine Diseases/parasitology
Swine
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Rural Population
Neurocysticercosis/*epidemiology/parasitology/transmission
Middle Aged
Meat/parasitology
Male
Immunoblotting
Humans
Female
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
China/epidemiology
Child
Antibodies, Helminth/blood
Animals
Adult
Adolescent