| prevalence and comparison of serologic assays, necropsy, and tongue examination for the diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis in peru. | swine cysticercosis, a severe zoonotic disease which is part of the taenia solium life cycle, causes major economic losses in pig husbandry. throughout south america, farmers diagnose cysticercosis by examining the tongues of their pigs for cysticercus nodules. farmers do not bring pigs believed to be infected to the slaughterhouse for fear of confiscation. therefore, reliable statistics on porcine cysticercosis can only be acquired at the household level. we examined the utility of the tongue t ... | 1990 | 2389823 |
| cysticercosis as a major cause of epilepsy in peru. the cysticercosis working group in peru (cwg) | in countries where cysticercosis is endemic, the proportion of epilepsy due to cysticercosis is not well documented. to investigate the association between cysticercosis and epilepsy, we used the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (eitb) assay to detect serum antibodies to taenia solium in 498 consecutive outpatients at a neurology clinic in lima, peru. every patient was classified as epileptic (n = 189) or non-epileptic (n = 309) after neurological, and where possible electroencephalograp ... | 1993 | 8093496 |
| factors associated with taenia solium cysticercosis: analysis of nine hundred forty-six peruvian neurologic patients. cysticercosis working group in peru (cwg). | in most developing countries, 10% of acute neurologic cases are patients with neurocysticercosis (ncc). determining specific factors associated with contracting ncc will facilitate its diagnosis and prevention. we examined multiple socioeconomic, demographic, environmental, medical, and behavioral characteristics of 946 peruvian neurologic patients for a correlation with ncc, which was diagnosed by the highly specific and sensitive electroimmunotransfer blot (eitb) or immunoblot assay. eighteen ... | 1995 | 7872441 |
| diagnosis of cysticercosis in endemic regions. the cysticercosis working group in peru. | taenia solium cysticercosis is a frequent cause of neurological disease in developing countries. specific diagnosis of cysticercosis is difficult. we obtained serum and/or csf samples from 204 consecutive patients admitted to a neurological ward in lima, peru, and looked for antibodies specific for t solium with the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (eitb) assay. 21 (12%) of 173 serum samples from these patients were eitb-positive. in contrast, only 2 (1.5%) of 135 patients attending a pu ... | 1991 | 1678809 |
| taeniasis and cysticercosis in housemaids working in affluent neighborhoods in lima, peru. | taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis is endemic in most developing countries, where it is an important cause of epileptic seizures and other neurologic symptoms. in industrialized countries, cysticercosis results from travel or immigration of tapeworm carriers from endemic areas. in both endemic and nonendemic countries, housemaids commonly immigrate from cysticercosis-endemic areas and can transmit the infection if they carry the adult tapeworm. between july 2001 and july 2002, 1,178 housemaid ... | 2005 | 16172470 |
| recombinant protein- and synthetic peptide-based immunoblot test for diagnosis of neurocysticercosis. | one of the most well-characterized tests for diagnosing neurocysticercosis (ncc) is the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (eitb) assay developed at the cdc, which uses lentil lectin-bound glycoproteins (llgp) extracted from taenia solium cysticerci. although the test is very reliable, the purification process for the llgp antigens has been difficult to transfer to other laboratories because of the need for expensive equipment and technical expertise. to develop a simpler assay, we previou ... | 2014 | 24554747 |