Prevalence and comparison of serologic assays, necropsy, and tongue examination for the diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis in Peru.

摘要: Abstract Swine cysticercosis, a severe zoonotic disease which is part of the Taenia solium life cycle, causes major economic losses in pig husbandry. Throughout South America, farmers diagnose cysticercosis by examining tongues their pigs for cysticercus nodules. Farmers do not bring believed to be infected slaughterhouse fear confiscation. Therefore, reliable statistics on porcine can only acquired at household level. We examined utility tongue test as diagnostic tool cysticercosis. The results was compared with 2 serologic methods detection enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB), necropsy results. 11 animals from an endemic area (Huancayo) 42 free (Lima). has sensitivity 70% specificity 100%, EITB ELISA 79% 75%. Thus, examination, being essentially without cost having fair high specificity, useful epidemiological surveys. Prevalence Huancayo 23.4% 31.2% necropsy, 37.7% ELISA, 51.9% EITB.