Geospatial and age-related patterns of Taenia solium taeniasis in the rural health zone of Kimpese, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• 作者：Joule Madinga^a ; ^b ; ^c ; ^{jmadinga@yahoo.fr} ; ^{joulemadinga@gmail.com} ; Kirezi Kanobana^b ; Philippe Lukanu^d ; Emmanuel Abatih^b ; Sylvain Baloji^e ; Sylvie Linsuke^c ; Nicolas Praet^b ; Serge Kapinga^c ; Katja Polman^b ; Pascal Lutumba^c ; ^f ; Niko Speybroeck^a ; Pierre Dorny^b ; Wendy Harrison^g ; Sarah Gabriel^b
• 关键词：Taeniasis ; Porcine cysticercosis ; Epidemiology ; Spatial clustering ; Democratic republic of Congo
• 刊名：Acta Tropica
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：165
• 期：Complete
• 页码：100-109
• 全文大小：1345 K
• 卷排序：165

文摘

We assessed patterns of taeniasis in 24 village communities of Kimpese health zone. Prevalence of taeniasis was very high and varied between households and villages. Children of five to ten years were the most infected age group. Taeniasis was not spatially correlated with porcine cysticercosis.