| an investigation on taeniasis and cysticercosis in bali. | a survey was carried out in 3 villages in bali to determine the prevalence of taeniasis in humans and cysticercosis in pigs. a total of 548 people were examined and taenia sp. eggs were found in the faeces of 11. four individuals passed proglottids; two t. solium and two t. saginata and three of these people also passed eggs in the faeces. a total of 12 or 2.2% were infected. three pigs from a slaughterhouse were found heavily infected with cysticercus cellulosae. socio-ecological data indicate ... | 1977 | 614710 |
| elisa antibodies to cysticerci of taenia solium in human populations in new guinea, oceania, and southeast asia. | the presence of elisa antibodies to cysticerci of taenia solium was surveyed in populations of new guinea, micronesia, and several areas of southeast asia. it is confirmed that cysticercosis in new guinea remains limited to the primary wissel lakes focus in irian jaya, where the disease was introduced by the importation of infected pigs, and that it has not spread to populations east or south of the wissel lakes, or to papua new guinea. on the island of bali, indonesia, 21% of sera were positive ... | 1981 | 6211771 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| taenia solium cysticercosis in bali, indonesia: serology and mtdna analysis. | an active taenia solium cysticercosis case in bali, indonesia, was followed-up by serology and computed tomography. serology using semi-purified glycoprotein and recombinant antigens showed a drastic drop in titers after calcification of the cysts. three paraffin-embedded cysts, prepared for histopathological examination, from three other patients were used for mtdna analysis. the sequences of cox1 gene from t. solium cysticerci from bali differed from those in papua and other asian countries. | 2008 | 17920648 |
| 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 |
| An ocular cysticercosis in Bali, Indonesia caused by Taenia solium Asian genotype. | An ocular cysticercosis case of a nine-year-old Balinese girl in Indonesia is reported. She presented with redness and pain in the left eye and showed a cysticercus in the anterior chamber in December 2010. Morphological feature of the cysticercus removed from the anterior chamber indicated that it was an immature cysticercus of Taenia species with no hooklets. However, mitochondrial DNA analysis using a piece of histopathological specimen revealed it a cysticercus of Taenia solium Asian genotyp ... | 2011 | 22146156 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| improved diagnosis as an aid to better surveillance of taenia solium cysticercosis, a potential public health threat to papua new guinea. | taenia solium cysticercosis has been recognized as a public health problem in indonesian irian jaya since its unfortunate introduction in a number of infected pigs imported from bali. from its original point of introduction in 1971, the infection has spread from the wissel lakes area to other places within irian jaya. the present situation at the border between irian jaya and papua new guinea (png) is difficult to assess accurately but, in light of the flow of refugees and the traditional rights ... | 1995 | 9522870 |
| detection by immunoblot assay of antibodies to taenia solium cysticerci in sera from residents of rural communities and from epileptic patients in bali, indonesia. | several studies from bali have indicated the presence of taenia solium. relatively little has been reported, however, implicating human exposure to this parasite on bali based upon the prevalence of anti-t. solium antibodies in asymptomatic and epileptic individuals. this study was conducted to determine by immunoblot assay and elisa the frequency of anti-cysticercus antibodies in two groups of balinese. among 746 residents of four ecologic zones, 94 (13%) were positive by immunoblot. of 74 epil ... | 1994 | 7777908 |
| 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 |
| the present situation and towards the prevention and control of neurocysticercosis on the tropical island, bali, indonesia. | neurocysticercosis (ncc), which is caused by accidental ingestion of eggs of the pork tapeworm, taenia solium, was common in bali, indonesia until the early 1990s. however, improved education on hygiene and sanitation, a move to keeping pigs indoors, and improvement of economic and living conditions have substantially reduced the occurrence of ncc in bali. since 2011, t. solium tapeworm carriers (t. solium taeniasis) and heavily infected pigs and dogs have exclusively been detected from villages ... | 2015 | 25881045 |
| swine cysticercosis in the karangasem district of bali, indonesia: an evaluation of serological screening methods. | a serological assessment was undertaken on pigs from the kubu and abang sub-districts of karangasem on the island of bali, indonesia, where earlier studies had detected patients with cysticercosis. antigens purified from taenia solium cyst fluid by cation-exchange chromatography were used to evaluate antibody responses in the pigs and the serological tests were also evaluated using sera from pigs experimentally infected with t. solium eggs. a total of 392 serum samples from naturally exposed pig ... | 2016 | 27480240 |
| 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 |