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Porcine Cysticercosis and Risk Factors in The Gambia and Senegal
Joint Authors
Marcotty, Tanguy
De Deken, Redgi
Van Marck, Eric
Secka, Arss
Geerts, Stanny
Source
Journal of Parasitology Research
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-08-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
During a stratified cross-sectional survey, 1705 pigs were sampled from 279 randomly selected households, 63 randomly selected communities and villages, from four study areas in The Gambia and Senegal during the period October 2007 to January 2008.
Porcine cysticercosis prevalence detected by tongue inspection at animal level per study area ranged from 0.1% to 1.0%.
Using an antigen-detection ELISA the seroprevalence of cysticercosis at both community/village and animal levels for the four selected study areas is: Western region 80.0% (95%CI: 52.4%–93.6%) and 4.8% (95%CI: 3.4%–6.5%), Bignona 86.7% (95%CI: 59.8%–96.6%) and 8.9% (95%CI: 5.0%–15.5%), Kolda 82.4% (95%CI: 46.8%–96.1%) and 13.2% (95%CI: 10.8%–16.0%), and Ziguinchor 81.3% (95%CI: 43.5%–96.1%) and 6.4% (95%CI: 4.0%–10.1%), respectively.
No risk factors for cysticercosis were found significant in this study.
This study proved that porcine cysticercosis is endemic and distributed widely in the study areas though its incidence might be suppressed by the generalised use of toilets and latrines in the study areas.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Secka, Arss& Marcotty, Tanguy& De Deken, Redgi& Van Marck, Eric& Geerts, Stanny. 2010. Porcine Cysticercosis and Risk Factors in The Gambia and Senegal. Journal of Parasitology Research،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Secka, Arss…[et al.]. Porcine Cysticercosis and Risk Factors in The Gambia and Senegal. Journal of Parasitology Research No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Secka, Arss& Marcotty, Tanguy& De Deken, Redgi& Van Marck, Eric& Geerts, Stanny. Porcine Cysticercosis and Risk Factors in The Gambia and Senegal. Journal of Parasitology Research. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-501001
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-501001