Ehnert K L, Roberto R R, Barrett L, Sorvillo F J, Rutherford G W
Monterrey County Health Department, California.
Bull Pan Am Health Organ. 1992;26(2):165-72.
Cysticercosis, a sometimes fatal ailment caused by larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium, became a reportable disease in California in 1989. During the first year, from 1 April 1989 through 31 March 1990, 134 cases were reported to the California Department of Health Services. All of the 112 patients for whom laboratory diagnostic test data were obtained had neurocysticercosis. Nearly all (117) of the 127 patients whose race and ethnic background were known had a Hispanic background, and most of the 112 patients whose country of birth or prior residence was known had immigrated from T. solium-endemic countries. However, three of 11 patients born in the United States said they had never traveled outside the country, and it appears possible that indigenous transmission has been occurring. These findings affirm that neurocysticercosis should be included in the differential diagnosis of neurologic symptoms in patients who have immigrated from or traveled to T. solium-endemic countries, and also in those who have been in close contact with immigrants from endemic countries.
囊尾蚴病是一种由猪肉绦虫（猪带绦虫）幼虫引起的有时会致命的疾病，1989年在加利福尼亚州成为须报告的疾病。在第一年，即从1989年4月1日至1990年3月31日，向加利福尼亚州卫生服务部报告了134例病例。在获得实验室诊断测试数据的112名患者中，全部患有神经囊尾蚴病。在已知种族和族裔背景的127名患者中，几乎所有（117名）都有西班牙裔背景，在已知出生国或以前居住国的112名患者中，大多数是从猪带绦虫流行国家移民而来。然而，在美国出生的11名患者中有3人表示他们从未出国旅行过，似乎有可能发生了本地传播。这些发现证实，对于从猪带绦虫流行国家移民或前往这些国家旅行的患者，以及与来自流行国家的移民有密切接触的患者，神经囊尾蚴病应列入神经系统症状的鉴别诊断中。
