| short report: evidence and potential for transmission of human and swine taenia solium cysticercosis in the piracuruca region, piauí, brazil. | the study conducted in the cocal dos alves municipality, located in the piracuruca region of piauí state, brazil in november of 2003 was based on both a socio-behavioral survey and analysis of serum antibodies and parasitic materials. pig raising is the main economic activity with 91.4% using extensive farming. on the studied population, 54.3% of people did not apply any sanitary measures to wastewater, 45.7% used septic tanks, and 69.1% consumed water without treatment. the data collected indic ... | 2006 | 17123990 |
| [seroepidemiological survey of human cysticercosis in a municipality of piauí state, northeast brazil]. | as part of parasitological studies in the area surrounding the serra da capivara national park, piauí state, northeast brazil, from 1999 to 2001, the current study aimed to evaluate the epidemiological profile of human cysticercosis in the municipality of joão costa. clinical and epidemiological data were obtained, and blood samples were drawn for immunoenzymatic serological tests (elisa and western blot), using taenia crassiceps as the antigen. the first stage, in 1999, investigated 169 individ ... | 2004 | 15608856 |