High prevalence of Taenia solium cysticerosis in a village community of Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo

K Kanobana; N Praet; C Kabwe; P Dorny; P Lukanu; J Madinga; P Mitashi; M Verwijs; P Lutumba; K Polman

doi:10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.06.004

High prevalence of Taenia solium cysticerosis in a village community of Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo

K Kanobana, N Praet, C Kabwe, P Dorny, P Lukanu, J Madinga, P Mitashi, M Verwijs, P Lutumba, K Polman

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Abstract

Cysticercosis results from tissue infection with the larval stage of the pig tapeworm Taenia solium. Infection of the brain may cause neurocysticercosis, the most frequent cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries. Information on human cysticercosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scarce and outdated. We believe this is the first reported study on human cysticercosis and epilepsy in a village community of DRC. The proportion of villagers seropositive by ELISA for T. solium circulating antigen was 21.6%, the highest figure reported to date. The adjusted prevalence of active epilepsy in the community was 12.7 in 1,000.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal for Parasitology
Volume	41
Issue number	10
Pages (from-to)	1015-1018
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0020-7519
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.06.004
Publication status	Published - 2011

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Helminthic diseases
Neurocysticercosis
Epilepsy
Taenia solium
Larvae
Pigs
Case reports
Prevalence
Diagnosis
ELISA
Circulating antigens
Age distribution
Congo-Kinshasa
Africa-Central

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High prevalence of Taenia solium cysticerosis in a village community of Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo

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