Takayanagui O M, Castro e Silva A A, Santiago R C, Odashima N S, Terra V C, Takayanagui A M
Departamento de Neurologia da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo-USP, Brasil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1996 Dec;54(4):557-64. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1996000400002.
Cysticercosis is a severe public health problem in several regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Epidemiologic studies based on the frequency of cases observed in specialized neurology, neurosurgery and computed tomography services, at autopsy and in seroepidemiologic studies do not permit the determination of the true prevalence of the disease in the population. The objective of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of cysticercosis by compulsory notification. The coefficient of prevalence was 54 cases/100,000 inhabitants in the municipality of Ribeirão Preto. The results also indicated that cysticercosis is not under control in our region since 21% of cases presented the active form of the disease. Compulsory notification proved to be a valuable resource for the epidemiologic study of cysticercosis, also permitting the mapping of more affected areas for a better direction of prevention strategies.
囊尾蚴病在亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲的多个地区是一个严重的公共卫生问题。基于在专业神经科、神经外科和计算机断层扫描服务中观察到的病例频率、尸检以及血清流行病学研究进行的流行病学研究，无法确定该疾病在人群中的真实患病率。本研究的目的是通过强制报告来调查囊尾蚴病的患病率。在 Ribeirão Preto 市，患病率为每 10 万居民中有 54 例。结果还表明，由于 21%的病例呈现出该疾病的活跃形式，囊尾蚴病在我们地区并未得到控制。强制报告被证明是囊尾蚴病流行病学研究的宝贵资源，还能绘制出受影响更大的区域，以便更好地指导预防策略。
