Freqüência de indivíduos com anticorpos sericos anti-Cysticercus cellulosae em cinco Municípios do Estado de São PauloAbstract
Considering the important health public problem that human cysticercosis represents, the frequency of anti-Cysticercus cellulosae antibodies was studied in 1,264 serum samples, 1,064 being from the general population individuals (821 adults and 243 children) living in five municipalities of São Paulo State, Brazil; and 200 from patients admitted to the Psychiatric Hospital Bezerra de Menezes (Presidente Prudente). Discs of synthetic fabric-resin with the Among the sera from adults, nineteen (2,30%) were valently bound were employed for ELISA tests. Among the sera from adults, mineteen (2.30%) were reactive 2 (0.82%) among the childrens sera. Ten (5.00%) among the psychiatric patients sera presented reactivity. This was significantly higher than that observed for the adults of the general population group (p < 0.05).
Human cysticercosis; Cysticercus cellulosae; Anti-Cysticercus cellulosae antibodies; ELISA