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O Shey-Njila1, P A Zoli, J Awah-Ndukum, E Assana, P Byambas, P Dorny, J Brandt, S Geerts.
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A study was carried out in two villages and one marketplace of the Batibo sub-division in North-West Cameroon to determine the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis. The results showed that 4.44% of 383 pigs were positive at tongue examination whereas ELISA detected circulating antigens in 27.7% of 271 pig sera. A questionnaire survey in 140 pig-raising households indicated that 59.3% of them lacked latrines while in 75.7% of the households members defecated directly into pigpens. The seroprevalence of porcine cysticercosis was significantly higher in households without latrines than in those with latrines. Similarly, significantly more seropositive pigs were present in households that defecated in the pig pens (35.5%) than in those that did not (14.4%). Although 91.4% of pig raising households did know of pig cysticercosis, only 28.6% were aware of the link with human taeniasis and only 10.7% were aware of human cysticercosis.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 14649245 DOI： 10.1079/joh2003179
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Helminthol ISSN： 0022-149X Impact factor: 2.170