Title
Protection of pigs with cysticercosis from further infections after treatment with oxfendazole
Date Issued
01 January 2001
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Bernal T.
Tsang V.C.W.
Martinez M.
Noh J.
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Publisher(s)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Abstract
Cysticercosis, the infection by the larvae of Taenia solium, is a major cause of acquired epilepsy in the world; it also causes significant economic loss because of contaminated pork. This disease is endemic in most developing countries and no control strategy has yet been proven efficient and sustainable. To further evaluate the full potential of single-dose oxfendazole treatment for pigs as a control measure, 20 pigs with cysticercosis were treated with oxfendazole and later matched with 41 naive pigs and exposed to a natural challenge in a hyperendemic area. New infections were found by serologic testing in 15 of the 32 controls (47%), and by the presence of cysts at necropsy in 12 of them (37%). Only minute residual scars were detected in the carcasses of oxfendazole-treated pigs. Pigs with cysticercosis, once treated with oxfendazole, are protected from new infections for at least three months.
Start page
15
End page
18
Volume
65
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0034897706
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / U01AI035894.
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