<i>Taenia solium</i>Tapeworm Infection, Oregon, 2006–2009

O’Neal, Seth E.; Noh, John; Wilkins, Patricia P.; Keene, William E.; Lambert, William E.; Anderson, J. A.; Luman, Jenifer Compton; Townes, John M.

doi:10.3201/eid/1706.101397

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“…Th ey lack digestive organs and absorb food through their entire body surface as they attach themselves to the lining membrane of the intestine of the human or animal host [1]. Two distinct types of disease are caused by Taenia solium (pork tape worm) depending upon whether it is the larvae or eggs of the worm that are ingested by the human host [2,3]. Th e life cycle of T. solium includes pigs as the normal intermediate hosts.…”

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Taeniasis in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of Northern Ghana

Bimi¹,

Laar²,

Anto³

2012

J Bacteriol Parasitol

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Although Taenia solium infestation and cysticercosis have been documented as the main causes of acquired epilepsy and their recognition as important public health hazards has risen over the past 10 years, there is lack of information on the disease burden due to Tape worm infestation and its associated risk factors in the rural communities of northern Ghana. This study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Taeniasis and document its associated risk factors. The study describes the results of a cross-sectional survey involving 494 participants, selected by a villagebased random sampling method from a population of 99,729 in 4 villages. Stool samples from selected people were examined by the Kato-Katz method for worm eggs/ova. Eggs were detected in 65 people (13.15%) of the Kato smears. Four factors were observed to be associated with Taeniasis infestation on multivariate analysis. A history of a family member ever contracting the disease and pork consumption were the main implicated factors for infestation (P-value = 0.003 & 0.001 respectively). Among the pork consumers, those who opted for measly pork and people who took pork light soups prepared in the markets were observed to have higher probabilities of getting infected. Also, Taenia cysts were observed in 18.8% (22/117) of pigs slaughtered for consumption in the area. These carcasses were either consumed or smoked and transported to towns in the southern sector for sale. Whilst pig rearing was mostly done by the women in the area to supplement household incomes, the husbandry practices (food and feeding habits) were observed to be unsatisfactory. Health education on the need for sanitary and hygienic practices and mass anthelminthic drug administration in the area are recommended.

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Taeniasis in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of Northern Ghana

Bimi¹,

Laar²,

Anto³

2012

J Bacteriol Parasitol

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“…4 Relatively limited information on cysticercosis in the United States has included data from several hospital-based case series, a single emergency department study, three hospital discharge analyses, mortality data, surveillance information from two jurisdictions and limited surveys in selected populations. 2,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] Only one of these studies, however, examined the country-wide burden of disease using a national-level database. 18 These studies have contributed vital information toward describing the occurrence of this disease in the United States, however they reflect only a portion of actual cases.…”

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Cysticercosis-Related Hospitalizations in the United States, 1998–2011

O’Keefe

Eberhard

Shafir

et al. 2015

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. Cysticercosis has become increasingly recognized as an important infection in the United States in recent decades. Despite its potential impact, there is a lack of comprehensive information on the nationwide burden of disease. To better define the burden of cysticercosis in the United States, we analyzed in-patient records using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 1998-2011 to estimate cysticercosis-related hospitalizations and patient/institutional characteristics. There were an estimated 33,060 (95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 29,610.5-36,510.3) cysticercosis-related hospitalizations nationwide, representing a hospitalization rate of 8.03 per million population. The highest proportion of cases were male (54.8%), Hispanic (62.0%), aged 18-44 (58.8%), and occurred in the West (45.1%). An estimated 459 deaths occurred, representing an in-hospital case-fatality rate of 1.4%. These findings indicate the burden of cysticercosisrelated hospitalizations in the United States is considerable and may be greater than currently appreciated. Cysticercosis should be a nationally reportable disease.

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“…solium can be transmitted between humans and pigs (O'Neal et al, 2011). In humans, the larval stage can parasitize in the central nervous system, leading to neurocysticercosis with symptom of epilepsy or even death (Garcia et al, 2005a, b).…”

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Comparative analysis of the miRNA profiles from Taenia solium and Taenia asiatica adult

Ai¹,

Chen²,

Zhang³

et al. 2014

Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.

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Taenia solium and Taenia asiatica are zoonotic parasites which are transmitted between pigs and humans, with pigs acting as the intermediate host and humans as the definitive host. The aim of the present study was to compare the microRNA (miRNA) profiles between T. solium and T. asiatica by Solexa deep sequencing and bioinformatic analyses. A total of 18.26 and 15.24 million reads with high quality and three new miRNAs were obtained in each species, respectively. The two cestodes shared nearly the same level of total sRNA, but the known miRNAs were in a very different manner. Nucleotide guanine (G) and uracil (U) were the most frequently used first nucleotide in both T. solium and T. asiatica, respectively. Furthermore, it was also found that there were great differences in the kinds and copy numbers of miRNAs among the two Taenia species, which might indicate the different evolutions in the two parasites. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the characterization of the miRNA profiles for the two Taenia cestodes, and it would lay a foundation for further functional studies of miRNAs of T. solium and T. asiatica.

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Taenia soliumTapeworm Infection, Oregon, 2006–2009

Cited by 20 publications

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Taeniasis in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of Northern Ghana

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Taeniasis in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo District of Northern Ghana

Cysticercosis-Related Hospitalizations in the United States, 1998–2011

Comparative analysis of the miRNA profiles from Taenia solium and Taenia asiatica adult

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