Sacks L V, Berkowitz I
Department of Immunology, School of Pathology, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg.
Trop Gastroenterol. 1990 Jan-Mar;11(1):30-3.
Cysticercosis still represents a significant health problem in developing communities, despite supposed improvements in sanitation and personal hygiene. An ELISA for Cysticercosis antibodies was performed on serum from 230 random adult admissions to Baragwanath Hospital. Seventeen patients were seropositive giving a prevalence of 7.39% for this group of urban black South Africans. Twenty-one patients with documented cerebral cysticercosis were selected in order to evaluate risk factors for cysticercosis. Of the risk factors considered only a history of tapeworm infestation appeared to be significant. Even urbanisation has not resulted in n reduction in the prevalence of Cysticercosis and it appears that the disease continues to be endemic in this developing community.
尽管在环境卫生和个人卫生方面已有显著改善，但囊尾蚴病在发展中社区仍然是一个严重的健康问题。对随机抽取的230名入住巴拉格瓦纳特医院的成年患者的血清进行了囊尾蚴病抗体的酶联免疫吸附测定（ELISA）。17名患者血清呈阳性，在这群南非城市黑人中患病率为7.39%。选择了21名有记录的脑囊尾蚴病患者，以评估囊尾蚴病的危险因素。在所考虑的危险因素中，只有绦虫感染史似乎具有显著性。即使是城市化也并未导致囊尾蚴病患病率降低，而且在这个发展中社区，该疾病似乎仍然是地方病。
