| seroprevalence of anti-cysticercus antibodies among the children living in the urban environs of maputo, mozambique. | blood and faecal samples were collected from 269 children (aged 0-15 years) who lived in the urban environs of maputo, the capital city of mozambique. antibodies against cysticercus cellulosae were detected, at a titre of at least 1:100, in 56 (20.8%) of the blood samples. when the stool samples were checked for taenia solium and other helminths, both as direct smears and after formalin-ether concentration, 180 (67.0%) were found to contain at least one helminth species. the parasites most commo ... | 2003 | 12662420 |