| application of an immunoassay to determine risk factors associated with porcine cysticercosis in rural areas of yucatan, mexico. | a western blot assay for identification of 26 kda and/or 8 kda antigens in a crude saline extract (cse) of taenia solium metacestodes, previously developed for human cysticercosis, was evaluated for use with pigs. the test population used for assay standardisation consisted of 45 cysticercotic pigs (5 pigs positive by necropsy and 40 selected by tongue palpation and ll-gp immunoblot but not confirmed by necropsy), 48 pigs with heterologous infections and 40 negative controls from endemic and non ... | 1998 | 9806496 |
| epidemiological study of taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in a rural village in yucatan state, mexico. | a survey to detect human taeniasis and cysticercosis was conducted in a community in yucatan state, mexico, an area endemic for taenia solium. information on the environmental, demographic and risk factors associated with transmission of t. solium within the community was recorded on questionnaires. although no taenia eggs or proglottides were found in the initial faecal samples collected from each of the 475 subjects, the results of a capture-elisa for t. solium coproantigen were positive for 1 ... | 1999 | 10492672 |
| investigation of risk factors for porcine taenia solium cysticercosis: a multiple regression analysis of a cross-sectional study in the yucatan peninsula, mexico. | a cross-sectional survey for seropositivity to cysticercosis of pigs in the yucatan peninsula, mexico, was carried out in 1996 together with a standardized questionnaire on predetermined individual pig and household risk factors for porcine infection. serum samples from 697 pigs were analysed by immunoblot for antibodies to taenia solium cysticercosis and questionnaires from 227 households in 18 villages were collected. all the data were analysed using multivariate analytical techniques taking h ... | 2000 | 11198643 |
| taenia solium metacestode viability in infected pork after preparation with salt pickling or cooking methods common in yucatán, mexico. | the cestode parasite taenia solium is an important cause of foodborne infection throughout tropical and subtropical regions. ingestion of pork meat infected with t. solium larvae can lead to taeniasis infection in humans. with tourism and the consumption of native food increasing, it is important to investigate potential risks of transmission associated with food preparation methods. in this study, traditional mexican salt pickling and two methods of pork preparation (as roast pork [cochinita pi ... | 2002 | 11952216 |