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PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE
Volume 57, Issue 4, Pages 227-236Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00234-9
Keywords
cysticercosis; Thenia solitan; EITB; epidemiology; incidence; longitudinal studies
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- PHS HHS [U19 A145431] Funding Source: Medline
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We performed repeated serological sampling of pigs in an endemic area of the Peruvian highlands (eight villages) to assess the feasibility of detecting incident cases of Taenia solium infection as indicators of ongoing transmission of the parasite. A total of 2245 samples corresponding to 1548 pigs were collected in three sampling rounds (n = 716, 926, and 603, respectively). Village-period specific seroprevalences of antibodies by enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay varied from 39% (95% CI: 34,44) to 76% (95% CI: 72, 79). The prevalence of cysticercosis increased with the age of the pigs (similarly for both sexes). Around 40% of pigs were re-sampled at the end of each 4-month period. Crude incidence risks were 48% (57/120, 95% CI: 43-52) and 58% (111/192, 95% CI: 54-61) for each period. A proportion of seropositive animals became seronegative at the end of each period (23 and 15%). Incidence varied by the village, and the exposure period, and was higher in males than females (but did not differ by age). (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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