| [the current epidemiological situation of cysticercosis in madagascar]. | being associated to fecal-oral transmission, cysticercosis is contracted either by auto-infection or by ingestion of food contaminated with eggs from the pork tape worm (taenia solium). in the stomach, the larvae named cysticercus (cysticercus cellulosae) hatches from the eggs and invades the host through the mucosa membrane. human cysticercosis occurs in highly prevalent proportions in many developing countries including madagascar where hygiene conditions are deplicable. serology tests applica ... | 2003 | 15678816 |