Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Parasitology, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Int J Parasitol. 2011 Aug 15;41(10):1015-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.06.004. Epub 2011 Jul 13.
Cysticercosis results from tissue infection with the larval stage of the pig tapeworm Taenia solium. Infection of the brain may cause neurocysticercosis, the most frequent cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries. Information on human cysticercosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scarce and outdated. We believe this is the first reported study on human cysticercosis and epilepsy in a village community of DRC. The proportion of villagers seropositive by ELISA for T. solium circulating antigen was 21.6%, the highest figure reported to date. The adjusted prevalence of active epilepsy in the community was 12.7 in 1,000.
囊尾蚴病是由猪带绦虫幼虫阶段的组织感染引起的。大脑感染可能导致神经囊尾蚴病，这是发展中国家获得性癫痫最常见的原因。刚果民主共和国（DRC）关于人类囊尾蚴病的信息很少且已过时。我们认为这是首次在 DRC 的一个村庄社区中报告的人类囊尾蚴病和癫痫研究。通过 ELISA 检测 T. solium 循环抗原的村民血清阳性率为 21.6%，这是迄今为止报告的最高数字。社区中活动性癫痫的调整患病率为每 1000 人 12.7 人。
