| the seroprevalence of taenia solium cysticercosis among epileptic patients in león, nicaragua, as evaluated by elisa and western blotting. | the taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis complex is an important public-health problem in several countries, where many epileptic seizures appear to be associated with neurocysticercosis. as few data on this problem in nicaragua exist, the seroprevalence of antibodies reacting with antigens from t. solium cysticerci was investigated among 88 nicaraguan epileptics (45 males and 43 females, aged 6-53 years). in questionnaire-based interviews, each adult subject and a caregiver of each child inves ... | 2005 | 15701254 |