| epidemiologic study and control of taenia solium infections with praziquantel in a rural village of mexico. | this study reports the results of an epidemiologic survey for the detection of taenia solium in a rural village of 559 inhabitants in sinaloa, mexico, as well as a large scale treatment of the population with praziquantel. the study was carried out in two stages. in stage 1, serial stool analysis of 392 persons detected a cluster of three t. solium tapeworms. a fourth t. solium tapeworm was detected through a household census, giving a 1.32% prevalence rate for this helminth. over 70% of the pop ... | 1991 | 1951862 |