Assessment of Taeniasis-Cysticercosis Status Using Multiple Laboratory Diagnostic Tools in Banti Village, Mimika, Papua

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.096How to use a DOI?

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assessment, taeniasis, cysticercosis, NCC

Abstract

PT Freeport Indonesia Hospital located in Tembagapura, District Mimika, Papua, reported three neurocysticercosis (NCC) suspected cases with acute symptomatic seizures, epilepsy and headaches in 2014. Computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple cystic lesions in the brain and disseminated cysticercosis in the leg. With national control program initiative, the assessment was conducted in 2015. This study aimed to understand the prevalence of T solium taeniasis and cysticercosis among the community in Banti Village. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Banti Village. Each individual was questioned about taeniasis and their eating habit, and also provided fecal and blood samples. All fecal samples were examined for presence of Taenia spp eggs and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) eggs by Kato Katz technique, and serum samples were tested for specific IgG antibodies to T. solium cysticercus by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). Results: CT revealed three NCC cases with partially calcified, multiple cysts in the brain and one case was disseminated cysticercosis. Two of them were analyzed serologically. One was positive and the other was just under the cut-off value. A total of 132 local people was involved in the study. There was no Taenia egg positive. Moreover, 60.6% of them (80/132) were positive for eggs of STHs (Ascaris, Trichuris or hookworm). Fifteen of 131 people who were sero-negative showed relatively higher OD values close to the cut-off values. They should be followed up if they become positive or not. Eating raw pork warmed under hot stones, known as ‘Bakar Batu’, is traditional in Papua. Patients claimed that they continued this practice as an important part of their culture. This case report result is illustrative of the risk of veiled NCC associated with the habit of eating raw pork. These patients are regarded as indigenous as NCC cases of infected in Mimika District, Papua. Further studies towards control of NCC are an urgent task.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Helena Ullyartha Pangaribuan
AU  - I Kadek Swastika
AU  - Akira Ito
AU  - Darma Irawan
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/22
TI  - Assessment of Taeniasis-Cysticercosis Status Using Multiple Laboratory Diagnostic Tools in Banti Village, Mimika, Papua
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Health Research (ISHR 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 503
EP  - 506
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.096
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200215.096
ID  - Pangaribuan2020
ER  -