Seroprevalence of Teniasis and Cisticercosis in School Children From Peñón, Estate Sucre, Venezuela
Cysticercosis represents a problem of public health in geographic areas where insalubrity is present. With the objective of determining the prevalence of teniasis and cysticercosis in the town EL Peñón and its possible association with risk factors, 100 children of both sexes were studied, chosen at...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:711d077c5326495598e4f7cbbbce2827 2023-10-01T03:54:11+02:00 Seroprevalence of Teniasis and Cisticercosis in School Children From Peñón, Estate Sucre, Venezuela Militza Guzmán Del Valle Guilarte Haideé Urdaneta 2004-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/711d077c5326495598e4f7cbbbce2827 EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/4742 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 https://doaj.org/article/711d077c5326495598e4f7cbbbce2827 Kasmera, Vol 32, Iss 2, Pp 108-116 (2004) Cisticercosis epidemiología seroprevalencia Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2004 ftdoajarticles 2023-09-03T00:46:07Z Cysticercosis represents a problem of public health in geographic areas where insalubrity is present. With the objective of determining the prevalence of teniasis and cysticercosis in the town EL Peñón and its possible association with risk factors, 100 children of both sexes were studied, chosen at random, during the period September 2000 to September 2001. A survey was used to collect personal data and epidemiological data. To determined the presence of Taenia sp.eggs, fresh stool samples were collected, and were examined wet with saline physiologic solution at 0.85% using the Ritchie concentration method. Additionally 5ml of blood were extracted from the vein to quantify specific antibodies of AbG anticysticerci by the ELISA technique, using antigens of T. crassiseps. They were no eggs of taenia sp. in the samples of stool, however, 3.00% presented levels of AbG anticysticerci equal to or higher than 1:512. The largest seroprevalence was in males (3.445), in the status V (7.14%), in the children that did not wash their hands before eating (5.17%), or after going to the bathroom (4.00%), or who drink non-treated water (5.66%), that sleep in crowded conditions (6.66%) and in children who live in houses where pigs are raised (7.14%). No statistically significant association was found between the risk factors and the presence of AbG anticisticerci. The results obtained suggest the need for epidemic surveillance in the infantile population of the community. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Ritchie ENVELOPE(-128.387,-128.387,54.916,54.916) |
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Cysticercosis represents a problem of public health in geographic areas where insalubrity is present. With the objective of determining the prevalence of teniasis and cysticercosis in the town EL Peñón and its possible association with risk factors, 100 children of both sexes were studied, chosen at random, during the period September 2000 to September 2001. A survey was used to collect personal data and epidemiological data. To determined the presence of Taenia sp.eggs, fresh stool samples were collected, and were examined wet with saline physiologic solution at 0.85% using the Ritchie concentration method. Additionally 5ml of blood were extracted from the vein to quantify specific antibodies of AbG anticysticerci by the ELISA technique, using antigens of T. crassiseps. They were no eggs of taenia sp. in the samples of stool, however, 3.00% presented levels of AbG anticysticerci equal to or higher than 1:512. The largest seroprevalence was in males (3.445), in the status V (7.14%), in the children that did not wash their hands before eating (5.17%), or after going to the bathroom (4.00%), or who drink non-treated water (5.66%), that sleep in crowded conditions (6.66%) and in children who live in houses where pigs are raised (7.14%). No statistically significant association was found between the risk factors and the presence of AbG anticisticerci. The results obtained suggest the need for epidemic surveillance in the infantile population of the community. |
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Militza Guzmán Del Valle Guilarte Haideé Urdaneta |
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Seroprevalence of Teniasis and Cisticercosis in School Children From Peñón, Estate Sucre, Venezuela |
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Seroprevalence of Teniasis and Cisticercosis in School Children From Peñón, Estate Sucre, Venezuela |
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Seroprevalence of Teniasis and Cisticercosis in School Children From Peñón, Estate Sucre, Venezuela |
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Seroprevalence of Teniasis and Cisticercosis in School Children From Peñón, Estate Sucre, Venezuela |
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Seroprevalence of Teniasis and Cisticercosis in School Children From Peñón, Estate Sucre, Venezuela |
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seroprevalence of teniasis and cisticercosis in school children from peñón, estate sucre, venezuela |
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Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales |
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