Richards F O, Schantz P M, Ruiz-Tiben E, Sorvillo F J
JAMA. 1985 Dec 27;254(24):3444-8.
Four hundred ninety-seven patients were identified as having been treated for cysticercosis at four hospitals in Los Angeles during the 11-year period 1973 through 1983. Eleven deaths were recorded. Over 90% of these patients were Hispanics in productive age groups; the majority were Mexican by nationality. Hospitalizations were generally short, and readmissions for recurrence of symptoms or complications of therapy occurred in only 14% of patients. Cysticercosis was diagnosed in 12 US citizens who had no history of travel to countries considered traditionally endemic for Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis. A dramatic rise in numbers of cases was observed after 1977, appearing to plateau at approximately 80 cases per year in 1981. The increase in cases beginning in 1977 coincided with the introduction of the computed tomographic scan.
在1973年至1983年的11年期间，洛杉矶的四家医院共确诊497例囊尾蚴病患者。记录显示有11例死亡。这些患者中超过90%是处于工作年龄段的西班牙裔；大多数人国籍为墨西哥。住院时间通常较短，只有14%的患者因症状复发或治疗并发症再次入院。12名美国公民被诊断患有囊尾蚴病，他们没有前往传统上被认为是猪带绦虫病/囊尾蚴病流行国家的旅行史。1977年后观察到病例数急剧上升，1981年似乎稳定在每年约80例。始于1977年的病例增加与计算机断层扫描的引入同时发生。
