Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-c47g7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-19T03:43:20.599Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Short communication: Four cases of Taenia saginata taeniasis in urban Venezuelan communities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2019

Glenda Rojas Open the ORCID record for Glenda Rojas [Opens in a new window] ,
Maria Martínez ,
Yeasiry Corrales ,
Victor Mijares ,
Luisa León ,
Claudio Medina Open the ORCID record for Claudio Medina [Opens in a new window] ,
Elizabeth Ferrer Open the ORCID record for Elizabeth Ferrer [Opens in a new window] ,
R. Michael E. Parkhouse Open the ORCID record for R. Michael E. Parkhouse [Opens in a new window]  and
Maria M. Cortéz
Glenda Rojas
Affiliation:
Dpto Clínico-Integral Escuela de Bioanalisis, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Sede Aragua Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Dr. Francisco J. Triana Alonso”, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Sede Aragua
Maria Martínez
Affiliation:
Dpto Parasitologia. Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Sede Aragua
Yeasiry Corrales
Affiliation:
Dpto Parasitologia. Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Sede Aragua
Victor Mijares
Affiliation:
Dpto Parasitologia. Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Sede Aragua
Luisa León
Affiliation:
Programa Nacional de Prevención y Control de Parasitosis Intestinales y Esquistosomosis, Dirección General de Salud Ambiental, Ministerio PPP la Salud, Maracay, Venezuela
Claudio Medina
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Dr. Francisco J. Triana Alonso”, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Sede Aragua
Elizabeth Ferrer
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Dr. Francisco J. Triana Alonso”, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Sede Aragua Dpto Parasitologia. Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Sede Aragua
R. Michael E. Parkhouse*
Affiliation:
Institute Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande, 6, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal
Maria M. Cortéz*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas “Dr. Francisco J. Triana Alonso”, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Sede Aragua
*
Authors for correspondence: R.M.E. Parkhouse, E-mail: parkhous@igc.gulbenkian.pt and M. Milagros Cortez, E-mail: milacortez3@yahoo.com
Authors for correspondence: R.M.E. Parkhouse, E-mail: parkhous@igc.gulbenkian.pt and M. Milagros Cortez, E-mail: milacortez3@yahoo.com
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

We report four cases of Taenia saginata taeniasis in different urban communities of Aragua state, Venezuela. After subsequent treatment with praziquantel and a saline purge, adult tapeworms were collected from all four patients and demonstrated to be T. saginata by morphological and molecular characterization. The finding of T. saginata in four distinct and separate urban municipalities of the Aragua state indicates the pertinence of rigorous meat inspection, and the importance of establishing parasite prevalence in human and bovine Venezuelan populations.

Keywords

Taenia saginataurban taeniasisVenezuela
Type
Short Communication
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 94 , 2020 , e45
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Botero, D and Restrepo, M (2012) Parasitosis humanas. 5ta ed. 735 pp. Medellin, Colombia, Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas.Google Scholar
Ferrer, E, Useche, E, Rangel, E et al. (2010) Estandarización de una PCR múltiple para el diagnóstico diferencial de Taenia solium y Taenia saginata. pp 1831–1835 in Memorias VII Congreso Nacional y 1er Congreso Internacional de Investigación “Dr. Francisco Triana Alonso”, Universidad de Carabobo, Tomo III.Google Scholar
González, L, Montero, E, Harrison, LJS, Parkhouse, RME and Gárate, T (2000). Differential diagnosis of Taenia saginata and Taenia solium infection by PCR. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology 38, 737–744.Google Scholar
MPPS Ministerio del PPP la salud. (2004–2013) Boletín Epidemiológico Venezolano: Zoonosis. Available in: http://www.bvs.gob.ve/php/level.php?lang=es&complonent=35&item=4 (Access: 27 April 2015).Google Scholar
WHO/FAO/OIE. (2005) Guidelines for the surveillance, prevention and control of taeniosis/cysticercosis. 139 pp. Murrel KD (Ed). ISBN: 92-9044-656-0.Google Scholar