Estudio poblacional de prevalencia de cisticercosis porcina en Atahualpa, Ecuador. Metodología y definiciones operacionales

Oscar H. Del Brutto, Gianfranco Arroyo, Armando E. González, Mauricio Zambrano, Héctor H. Garcia

Producción científica: Contribución a una revistaArtículorevisión exhaustiva

2 Citas (Scopus)

Resumen

Objective: To assess sero-prevalence of porcine cysticercosis in Atahualpa, a rural Ecuadorian village endemic for human neurocysticercosis. Design: We aim to collect at least 600 blood samples of local pigs, to quantify the number of positive bands in the EITB, and to estimate crude prevalence rates of porcine cysticercosis in the village. Sampling will only include pigs older than 2 months of age. Only healthy pigs will be sampled, to avoid risks inherent to manipulation of sick animals. There will be no risk for pigs as the result of the procedure. According to the estimated endemicity of human cysticercosis, we expect to find about 25% of infected pigs in this study. In the event of prevalence rates above or below the expected percentage, we will attempt to assess the causes of such discrepancies. All pig positive to 3 bands of more in the EITB will receive treatment with oxfendazole at a single dose of 30 mg/kg. Comment: The importance of defining the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis in a village endemic for human neurocysticercosis is to confirm the existence of active transmission. If this is true, treatment of infected pigs will help to interrupt the life cycle of Taenia solium, thus reducing the prevalence of this disease in humans..

Título traducido de la contribuciónPopulation-based study of porcine cysticercosis Prevalence In Atahualpa, Ecuador. Methodology and operational definitions
Idioma originalEspañol
Páginas (desde-hasta)17-22
Número de páginas6
PublicaciónRevista Ecuatoriana de Neurologia
Volumen26
N.º1
EstadoPublicada - 2017
Publicado de forma externa

Palabras clave

  • Atahualpa
  • Cysticercosis
  • Immunoblot
  • Neurocysticercosis
  • Population-based study
  • Porcine cysticercosis
  • Western blot

Huella

Profundice en los temas de investigación de 'Estudio poblacional de prevalencia de cisticercosis porcina en Atahualpa, Ecuador. Metodología y definiciones operacionales'. En conjunto forman una huella única.

Citar esto