Week 8; lecture 2

Question 1

pork tapeworm (taenia solium) life sycle

Answer 1

cysticercus from GI tract of pig ingested by human; adult tapeworm in small intestine; egg shed from humans and ingested by pig

Question 2

human neurocysticercosiss (NCC)

Answer 2

a preventable cause of epilepsy

Question 3

juvenile neurocysticercosis prevalance

Answer 3

28-50%

Question 4

serodiagnostics on pig sera

Answer 4

two AgELISA, one EITB

Question 5

What is the seroprevalance in pigs

Answer 5

57%

Question 6

what are levels of NCC in humans

Answer 6

with cat scans, 37%

with antibody testing, 55%

Question 7

what are risk factors in pigs and humans

Answer 7

significant association with absence of latrines

Question 8

what are the interventions to prevent this

Answer 8

mass deworming and improve sanitization
confine pigs, deworm pigs, vaccinate pigs,
cook meat, meat inspection, health education

Question 9

chikungunya

Answer 9

that which bends up

Question 10

where was the conifrmed chikungunya virus in US

Answer 10

florida

Question 11

where does pork tape worm occur

Answer 11

in africa and eastern cape province and south africa