| taeniasis in indonesia with special reference to samosir island, north sumatra. | in indonesia, taeniasis is endemic on the islands of bali, irian jaya and sumatra. the balinese eat pork or beef raw in a dish called "lawar". natives of irian jaya also have a custom of preparing and consuming raw pork. on samosir island in north sumatra, undercooked pork is consumed in traditional ceremonies. in bali, the local people defecate into cages (called "teba") of domestic animals. in irian jaya, pigs are allowed to feed on human feces inside houses at night. the natives of samosir is ... | 1991 | 1822896 |
| community prevalence study of taeniasis and cysticerosis in bail, indonesia. | taenia solium, a human cestode parasite endemic throughout most of south-east asia, causes a number of public health and economic problems. the parasite is endemic in bali due to a mix of cultural and religious practices. immunoepidemiological investigation of three rural communities revealed a taeniasis prevalence of 0.72% (3/415). one of the three cases was due to taenia solium, the other two to taenia saginata. a further nine cases of taenia infection were identified from patients from villag ... | 1999 | 10357865 |
| high prevalence of taenia saginata taeniasis and status of taenia solium cysticercosis in bali, indonesia, 2002-2004. | an epidemiological survey of taeniasis/cysticercosis was carried out in one semi-urban and two urban villages in three districts of bali, indonesia in 2002 and 2004. in total, 398 local people from 247 families were diagnosed by anamnesis and clinical examinations, and 60 residents were suspected to be taeniasis carriers. among 60 suspected carriers, 56 persons expelled a total of 61 taeniid adult worms after praziquantel treatment. from 398 residents, 252 stool samples were available for analys ... | 2006 | 16199069 |
| taeniasis and cysticercosis in bali and north sumatra, indonesia. | it has been reported that three human taenia species are distributed in indonesia: taenia solium, taenia asiatica and taenia saginata. t. asiatica is well known in north sumatra, especially on samosir island in lake toba. t. solium and t. saginata are known from bali. t. solium is most serious public health issue in papua (former irian jaya). in this report, we briefly review the present situation of these three human taenia species mainly in bali and north sumatra. for community based epidemiol ... | 2006 | 16376140 |
| taeniasis/cysticercosis in papua (irian jaya), indonesia. | reports showed that an important parasitic zoonotic disease caused by taenia solium, taenia saginata and taenia asiatica is found endemic in several areas of indonesia including papua, bali and north sumatra. at present it is known that the highest prevalence of taeniasis/cysticercosis in indonesia, caused by t. solium is among the indigenous communities in papua (formerly irian jaya). in the early 1970s, 8-9% of stool samples from the enarotali hospital, paniai district (irian jaya) were found ... | 2006 | 16376603 |
| 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 |
| taeniasis/cysticercosis in bali, indonesia. | taenia solium and taenia saginata are found in humans in bali, indonesia. during a field survey of 660 people in bali from 2002-2009 of taeniasis/cysticercosis cases using mitochondrial dna confirmation of the species, we detected 80 cases of t. saginata taeniasis, 2 dual t. saginata/t. solium infections with t. solium metacestodes in the brain and 12 neurocysticercosis (ncc) cases at sanglah hospital, denpasar. although the prevalence of ncc in bali is low, sporadic cases are still present. the ... | 2011 | 22299461 |
| taeniases and cysticercosis in indonesia: past and present situations. | the main aim of this study is to overview the past and present situations of human taeniases and cysticercosis in indonesia and including future perspectives. through joint projects from 1996, we have confirmed the occurrence of taenia saginata (beef tapeworm) in bali, of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) mainly in papua and sporadically in bali, and of taenia asiatica in north sumatra. these taeniases were caused through eating uncooked pork and pig viscera for t. solium and t. asiatica, respective ... | 2013 | 23965293 |
| taeniasis caused by taenia saginata in gianyar town and taenia solium in karangasem villages of bali, indonesia, 2011-2016: how to detect tapeworm carriers, anamnesis or microscopy? | from january 2011 until september 2016, screening of taeniasis carriers was carried out in a town in gianyar district (taenia saginata) and in villages which consisted of several banjars (the smallest community units) on the eastern slope of mt. agung, karangasem district (taenia solium) in bali, indonesia. fecal samples from all community members who chose to participate were examined microscopically for detection of taeniid eggs each person completedwith a questionnaire to determine if they ha ... | 2017 | 28634145 |