Seroepidemiological observation of Taenia solium cysticercosis in epileptic patients in Korea.
10.3346/jkms.1993.8.2.145
- Author:
Yoon KONG
1
;
Seung Yull CHO
;
Myung Shin CHO
;
Oh Sang KWON
;
Woo Shik KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Epidemiology;
Neurocysticercosis;
Epilepsy
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Age Factors;
Aged;
Animals;
Antibodies, Helminth/*blood;
Child;
Child, Preschool;
Cysticercosis/complications/*epidemiology;
Cysticercus/*immunology;
Epilepsy/*complications;
Female;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Newborn;
Korea/epidemiology;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Sex Factors
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
1993;8(2):145-152
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Prevalence survey of neurocysticercosis was made in a mixed epilepsy patients of Changmi Club in Korea. From February 1987 to July 1990, a total of 2,667 randomly selected patients at 27 local centers was tested for their serum levels of anti-Cysticercus antibody (IgG) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Positive rate of the antibody was 4.0% in the examined patients. The standardized antibody positive rate by provincial population was 3.1%. The rate was the highest in patients living in Cheju Do (8.4%). The patient age brackets of 0 approximately 9 years and over 50-year showed higher positive rates of the antibody. In 750 normal persons who checked up routine physical examination, the antibody positive rate was 2.1% (standardized rate was 1.8%). These seroepidemiological data disclosed for the first time the prevalence of cysticercosis in epileptic patients and in population.
