Risk factors for Taenia solium taeniasis: A case-control study in Lao PDR.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Neurocysticercosis due to Taenia solium is the leading cause of epilepsy in low and middle-income countries yet remains under investigated in Lao PDR (Laos). People shedding T. solium eggs or proglottids from the adult tapeworm are the source of infection for those with cysticercosis.

Methods

A matched case-control study of T. solium taeniasis was conducted in northern Laos. Cases were identified by rrnS PCR and sequencing. Risk factor data were collected by standardised questionnaire. Conditional logistic regression assessed the significance of risk factors.

Results

Eighteen cases and 36 controls participated in the study. Only raw pork and undercooked grilled pork were significant risk factors (p < 0.05), however, fermented pork was very close to being

SUBMITTER: Larkins A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12318440 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature