Cysticercosis occurrence and sanitary risks in groups of inspected and non-inspected swine in Brazil

• PAULO SÉRGIO DE ARRUDA PINTO ^[1] ; LAERTE PEREIRA DE ALMEIDA ^[2] ; PEDRO MANUEL LEAL GERMANO ^[3] ; ADELAIDE JOSÉ VAZ ^[3] ; PAULO MUTUKO NAKAMURA ^[4]
  1. [1] Universidade Federal de Viçosa

     Universidade Federal de Viçosa

     Brasil

     
  2. [2] Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

     Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

     Brasil

     
  3. [3] Universidade de São Paulo

     Universidade de São Paulo

     Brasil

     
  4. [4] Adolfo Lutz Institute

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• Localización: Parasitología latinoamericana, ISSN-e 0717-7712, ISSN 0717-7704, Vol. 57, Nº. 1-4, 2002, págs. 129-133
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A sero-epidemiological study of swine cysticercosis was carried out in 628 swine slaughtered at seven locations in Brazil. 322 of these animals were inspected by approved meat inspectors at three locations and 306 animals were slaughtered at four different locations and were not inspected. Non-inspected swine (prevalence 16,3%) were 5,5 times more likely to be seropositive than inspected swine (3,4%) (p < 0,0001). The results of this study provide information to further understand the epidemiology of cysticercosis in Brazil