| [frequency of patients with anti-cysticercus cellulosae blood antibodies in 5 municipalities of the state of sao paulo]. | considering the important health public problem that human cysticercosis represents, the frequency of anti-cysticercus cellulosae antibodies was studied in 1,264 serum samples, 1,064 being from the general population individuals (821 adults and 243 children) living in five municipalities of são paulo state, brazil; and 200 from patients admitted to the psychiatric hospital bezerra de menezes (presidente prudente). discs of synthetic fabric-resin with the valently bound were employed for elisa te ... | 1990 | 2104458 |
| taeniosis-cysticercosis complex in individuals of a peasants' settlement (teodoro sampaio, pontal of paranapanema, sp, brazil). | in order to evaluate the taeniosis-cysticercosis complex in a population of a peasants' settlement, located at teodoro sampaio, state of são paulo, brazil (longitude 52 degrees 36'12 ", latitude 22 degrees 17'12 ") a series of laboratory markers were determined. after signing an informed consent, participants answered a standardized questionnaire. to determine anti-taenia solium cysticercus antibodies, the samples were tested by enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay using 18-and 14-kda antigen pro ... | 2006 | 16612507 |
| toxocariasis/cysticercosis seroprevalence in a long-term rural settlement, são paulo, brazil. | seroprevalence of toxocara and taenia solium and risk factors for infection with these parasites were explored in a long-term rural settlement in são paulo state, brazil. an elisa for the detection of anti-toxocara igg and ige and anti-t. solium cysticerci was standardized using toxocara excretory-secretory antigens (tes) obtained from the cultured second-stage larvae of t. canis and by vesicular fluid antigen from taenia crassiceps cysticerci (vf). for cysticercosis, the reactive elisa samples ... | 2009 | 19366477 |
| cysticercosis of the central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid. immunodiagnosis of 1573 patients in 63 years (1929-1992). | attention given to prophylaxis of neurocysticercosis (nc) is far beyond minimal needs among several regions of the in-development world, and for this reason incidence of the disease persists high among them. this investigation was carried out to show the extent of the problem by analysing the incidence of nc in a region of brazil (são paulo). csf immunodiagnosis of nc by detecting antibodies to cysticercus cellulosae in a neurodiagnostics laboratory is evaluated for this purpose. cases studied i ... | 1993 | 8215925 |
| neuroinfection survey at a neurological ward in a brazilian tertiary teaching hospital. | this study was undertaken to characterize the neuroinfection profile in a tertiary neurological ward. | 2011 | 21808869 |