| increased prevalence of cysticercosis and taeniasis among professional fried pork vendors and the general population of a village in the peruvian highlands. cysticercosis working group in peru. | two different populations in saylla, a peruvian village near cusco, known for chicharrones, a local pork dish, were surveyed by serology and stool examination to determine the prevalence and epidemiologic characteristics of taenia solium infection. group i (n=43), the chicharroneros, were members of families professionally devoted to the making and selling of chicharrones, and group ii (n=102) was a sample of the general population of the same village. unlike people in group i, general villagers ... | 1998 | 9886197 |
| human and porcine taenia solium infection in a village in the highlands of cusco, peru. the cysticercosis working group in peru. | a serological survey was performed using the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay (eitb) in a village in the highlands of peru where there are three distinct but close neighborhoods, to determine if there is a direct relationship between human and porcine taenia solium infection. one hundred and eight out of 365 individuals were sampled, and 14 were seropositive (human seroprevalence 13%). most seropositive individuals were neurologically asymptomatic. thirty-eight out of 89 sampled pi ... | 1999 | 10379814 |