Seroprevalence of Teniasis and Cisticercosis in School Children From Peñón, Estate Sucre, Venezuela

• Main Authors: Militza Guzmán, Del Valle Guilarte, Haideé Urdaneta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2004
• Subjects: Cisticercosis; epidemiología; seroprevalencia; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ritchie
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/711d077c5326495598e4f7cbbbce2827

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...