Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique

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Autor(a) principal: Vilhena, Manuela
Data de Publicação: 1999
Outros Autores: Santos, Manuela, Torgal, Jorge
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/92924
Resumo: We carried out a serosurvey for cysticercosis among people visiting the Central Hospital of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, between January and June 1993. A standardized questionnaire was designed to obtain information on demographic, socioeconomic, environmental, and behavioral characteristics related to the transmission of the infection. Four hundred eighty-nine individuals were tested for anti-cysticercosis antibodies: 222 blood donors and patients from the Department of Orthopedics, 148 patients from the Department of Neurology, and 119 patients from the Department of Psychiatry. The overall positivity rate was 12.1% (59 of 489). Anti-cysticercus antibodies was detected in 14.9% of the blood donors and patients from the Department of Orthopedics, 11.5% of the patients from the Department of Neurology, and 7.6% of the patients from the Department of Psychiatry. Living in poor sanitary conditions seems to be an important factor related to human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique.
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spelling Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, MozambiqueParasitologyVirologyInfectious DiseasesSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingWe carried out a serosurvey for cysticercosis among people visiting the Central Hospital of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, between January and June 1993. A standardized questionnaire was designed to obtain information on demographic, socioeconomic, environmental, and behavioral characteristics related to the transmission of the infection. Four hundred eighty-nine individuals were tested for anti-cysticercosis antibodies: 222 blood donors and patients from the Department of Orthopedics, 148 patients from the Department of Neurology, and 119 patients from the Department of Psychiatry. The overall positivity rate was 12.1% (59 of 489). Anti-cysticercus antibodies was detected in 14.9% of the blood donors and patients from the Department of Orthopedics, 11.5% of the patients from the Department of Neurology, and 7.6% of the patients from the Department of Psychiatry. Living in poor sanitary conditions seems to be an important factor related to human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique.NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)RUNVilhena, ManuelaSantos, ManuelaTorgal, Jorge2020-02-17T23:24:58Z19991999-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article4application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/92924eng0002-9637PURE: 16883079https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.59info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:41:26Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/92924Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:37:37.909159Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique
title Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique
spellingShingle Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique
Vilhena, Manuela
Parasitology
Virology
Infectious Diseases
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
title_short Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique
title_full Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique
title_fullStr Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique
title_full_unstemmed Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique
title_sort Seroprevalence of human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique
author Vilhena, Manuela
author_facet Vilhena, Manuela
Santos, Manuela
Torgal, Jorge
author_role author
author2 Santos, Manuela
Torgal, Jorge
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Vilhena, Manuela
Santos, Manuela
Torgal, Jorge
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Parasitology
Virology
Infectious Diseases
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
topic Parasitology
Virology
Infectious Diseases
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
description We carried out a serosurvey for cysticercosis among people visiting the Central Hospital of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, between January and June 1993. A standardized questionnaire was designed to obtain information on demographic, socioeconomic, environmental, and behavioral characteristics related to the transmission of the infection. Four hundred eighty-nine individuals were tested for anti-cysticercosis antibodies: 222 blood donors and patients from the Department of Orthopedics, 148 patients from the Department of Neurology, and 119 patients from the Department of Psychiatry. The overall positivity rate was 12.1% (59 of 489). Anti-cysticercus antibodies was detected in 14.9% of the blood donors and patients from the Department of Orthopedics, 11.5% of the patients from the Department of Neurology, and 7.6% of the patients from the Department of Psychiatry. Living in poor sanitary conditions seems to be an important factor related to human cysticercosis in Maputo, Mozambique.
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