TY - JOUR
T1 - Distribution of hydatidosis and cysticercosis in different Peruvian populations as demonstrated by an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay
AU - Moro, P. L.
AU - Guevara, A.
AU - Verastegui, M.
AU - Gilman, R. H.
AU - Poma, H.
AU - Tapia, B.
AU - Tsang, V. C.W.
AU - Garcia, H. H.
AU - Pacheco, R.
AU - Lapel, C.
AU - Miranda, E.
AU - Diaz, F.
AU - Naranjo, J.
AU - Carcamo, C.
AU - Montenegro, T.
AU - Torres, P.
AU - Pilcher, J.
AU - Evans, C.
AU - Gonzalez Zariquiey, Armando Emiliano
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PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - A serosurvey for human hydatidosis and cysticercosis was performed in different regions of Peru. Those regions included a known endemic area for cystic hydatid disease, a cooperative in the central Peruvian Andes near the city of Tarma, Department of Junin; three areas endemic for cysticercosis in the Departments of Ancash, Cuzco, and San Martin, where the status of hydatid disease is not well defined; and an urban shantytown near Lima, where neither zoonosis is known to be present. A seroprevalence for hydatidosis 1.9% (6 of 309) was found with both the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) and double diffusion assays in the area endemic for hydatidosis. Seroprevalence in the other zones tested was zero using only the EITB assay. Cysticercosis sero-prevalence was high in pig-raising zones but low in the high-altitude, sheep raising areas and in the seaport of Callao. No cross- reactions between Echinococcus granulosus and cysticercosis were noted in any of the regions studied. Hydatid infection remains a major health problem in the central Peruvian Andes where sheep raising is widely practiced; however, in those regions where mainly swine are raised, human hydatid infection is not a problem.
AB - A serosurvey for human hydatidosis and cysticercosis was performed in different regions of Peru. Those regions included a known endemic area for cystic hydatid disease, a cooperative in the central Peruvian Andes near the city of Tarma, Department of Junin; three areas endemic for cysticercosis in the Departments of Ancash, Cuzco, and San Martin, where the status of hydatid disease is not well defined; and an urban shantytown near Lima, where neither zoonosis is known to be present. A seroprevalence for hydatidosis 1.9% (6 of 309) was found with both the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) and double diffusion assays in the area endemic for hydatidosis. Seroprevalence in the other zones tested was zero using only the EITB assay. Cysticercosis sero-prevalence was high in pig-raising zones but low in the high-altitude, sheep raising areas and in the seaport of Callao. No cross- reactions between Echinococcus granulosus and cysticercosis were noted in any of the regions studied. Hydatid infection remains a major health problem in the central Peruvian Andes where sheep raising is widely practiced; however, in those regions where mainly swine are raised, human hydatid infection is not a problem.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.1994.51.851
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.1994.51.851
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 7810822
AN - SCOPUS:0028569028
VL - 51
SP - 851
EP - 855
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
SN - 0002-9637
IS - 6
ER -