Publications

epidemiology of taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis in two rural guatemalan communities.	taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis are known to be endemic in guatemala but no studies had been undertaken in rural communities where transmission was thought to occur. two adjacent communities, quesada and el jocote, in the department of jutiapa were selected. the former had considerably better sanitary infrastructure than the latter. the seroprevalence of antibodies detected in humans by immunoblot to t. solium metacestode glycoprotein antigens was 10% and 17% and the prevalence of inte ...	1996	8842116
epidemiology of intestinal taeniasis in four, rural, guatemalan communities.	there is relatively little epidemiological information on human intestinal taeniasis, particularly that due to taenia solium. the current study involved analysis of data collected from four, rural communities in the department of jutiapa, guatemala, between 1991 and 1994. overall, 92 cases of intestinal taeniasis were identified, giving a mean prevalence of 2.7% (92/3399). almost all (98%) of the 56 worms identified to species level were t. solium. female subjects were significantly more likely ...	1996	8762405