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KMID : 0191119930080020145
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Journal of Korean Medical Science
1993 Volume.8 No. 2 p.145 ~ p.152
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Seroepidemiological observation of Taenia solium cysticercosis in epileptic patients in Korea
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Kong Y
Cho SY/Cho MS/Kwon OS/Kang WS
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Abstract
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Prevalence survey of neurocysticercosis was made in a mixed epilepsy patients of Changmi Club in Korea. From February 1987 to July 1990, a total of 2,667 randomly selected patients at 27 local centers was tested for their serum levels of anti-Cysticercus antibody (IgG) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Positive rate of the antibody was 4.0% in the examined patients. The standardized antibody positive rate by provincial population was 3.1%. The rate was the highest in patients living in Cheju Do (8.4%). The patient age brackets of 0 approximately 9 years and over 50-year showed higher positive rates of the antibody. In 750 normal persons who checked up routine physical examination, the antibody positive rate was 2.1% (standardized rate was 1.8%). These seroepidemiological data disclosed for the first time the prevalence of cysticercosis in epileptic patients and in population.
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