Publications

cysticercosis in indonesia: epidemiological aspects.	cysticercosis caused by the larval stage, cysticercus or cysticerci, of the pork tapeworm taenia solium was recognized at first in bali and in paniai district, irian jaya (papua), indonesia in the 1970s. in the 1990s a rapid increase in the number of the cases of epileptic seizures and burns in jayawijaya district, eastern papua, was observed. there were a total of 1,120 new cases of burns (7.0%) and 293 new cases of epileptic seizures (1.8%) from 15,939 local people during 1991-1995. both histo ...	2001	12041608
challenges for control of taeniasis/cysticercosis in indonesia.	taeniasis/cysticercosis has been reported from several provinces of indonesia: papua (=former irian jaya), bali, north sumatra, east nusa tenggara, south east sulawesi, lampung, north sulawesi, jakarta, west kalimantan, and east java. the highest level of endemicity of taeniasis/cysticercosis has been found in papua. recent surveys in jayawijaya district of papua in 2000 and 2001 showed that 5 of 58 local people (8.6%) harbored the adult tapeworm, taenia solium, whereas 44 of 96 people (45.8%), ...	2006	16380290