| taeniasis/cysticercosis in a tibetan population in sichuan province, china. | the results of a preliminary survey of taeniasis/cysticercosis in yajiang county, ganze tibetan prefecture in southwest sichuan province, china, indicated a very high prevalence of taeniasis (22.5%), with taenia saginata as the dominant species. there was also a significant occurrence of late-onset epilepsy (8.5% prevalence and 16.4% seropositive for taenia solium antibodies) attributable in large part to probable neurocysticercosis caused by t. solium. the poor sanitation and hygiene in this ti ... | 2006 | 17166477 |