Garcia Hector H, Gonzalez Armando E, Rodriguez Silvia, Gonzalvez Guillermo, Llanos-Zavalaga Fernando, Tsang Víctor C W, Gilman Robert H
Departamento de Microbiología, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica. 2010 Oct-Dec;27(4):592-7. doi: 10.1590/s1726-46342010000400016.
Neurocysticercosis, the infection of the human central nervous system by the larval stage of the cestode Taenia solium, is an important cause of epilepsy and other neurological manifestations in Peru and most developing countries. Since 1987, the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru has performed a series of epidemiological studies which led to estimate the impact and to better understand the transmission of Taenia solium. This information was later applied to the design and execution of a control program in Tumbes, in the Northern Coast of Peru. This paper reviews the main epidemiological findings, as well as the conceptual framework of the elimination program and the tools used. Advances in the control of taeniasis/cysticercosis in our country open the road towards its elimination and potential eradication.
神经囊尾蚴病是由绦虫猪带绦虫的幼虫阶段感染人体中枢神经系统引起的疾病，在秘鲁和大多数发展中国家是癫痫及其他神经症状的重要病因。自1987年以来，秘鲁囊尾蚴病工作组开展了一系列流行病学研究，以评估其影响并更好地了解猪带绦虫的传播情况。这些信息随后被应用于秘鲁北部海岸通贝斯控制项目的设计与实施。本文回顾了主要的流行病学研究结果、消除项目的概念框架以及所使用的工具。我国在控制猪带绦虫病/囊尾蚴病方面取得的进展为该病的消除及最终根除铺平了道路。
