Incidence of human Taenia solium larval Infections in an Ecuadorian endemic area: implications for disease burden assessment and control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Human cysticercosis is a zoonotic disease causing severe health disorders and even death. While prevalence data become available worldwide, incidence rate and cumulative incidence figures are lacking, which limits the understanding of the Taenia solium epidemiology.

Methodology/principal findings

A seroepidemiological cohort study was conducted in a south-Ecuadorian community to estimate the incidence rate of infection with and the incidence rate of exposure to T. solium based on antigen and antibody detections, respectively. The incidence rate of infection was 333.6 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI: [8.4-1,858] per 100,000 person-years) contrasting with a higher incidence rate of exposure 13,370 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI: [8,730-19,591] per 100,000 person-

SUBMITTER: Coral-Almeida M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4031064 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature