Prevalence and risk factors associated with Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs in Oyam district, Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Taenia solium cysticercosis is a disease known as porcine cysticercosis (PC) in swine/pigs but also taeniosis and cysticercosis in humans. The larval stage of the pork tapeworm (T. solium) has for decades been responsible for lowering economic productivity of pigs and has direct human health defects. This study assessed the disease situation in pigs to provide baseline data for appropriate disease control in humans and pigs in Oyam district following a significant improvement in latrine coverage in Uganda.

Methodology

A study was conducted in Oyam district in which blood was obtained from 394 pigs and analyzed for the presence or absence of circulating antigens of T. solium using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (cysticercosis Ag ELISA). The sample

SUBMITTER: Were R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12688152 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature