| [diagnostic serology of swine leptospirosis in mexico 1995-2000]. | results obtained from sample testing of 1970 swines from a number of mexican farms were analyzed. such samples had been received in the leptospira lab of universidad autonoma metropolitana de xochimilco from 1995 to 2000. sera with titers equal to or higher than 1:1000 were considered positive; 39,8% of the animals were seropositive (784) and the most frequent serovarieties were bratislava, 22.5%; icterohaemorrhagiae strain palo alto, 14,5%; portland vere strain sinaloa acr, 13,8%; icterohaemorr ... | 2002 | 15846937 |
| 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 |