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Volume 17, Number 6—June 2011
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Taenia solium Tapeworm Infection, Oregon, 2006–2009
Seth E. O’Neal
, John C. Noh, Patricia P. Wilkins, William Keene, William Lambert, James Anderson, Jenifer Compton Luman, and John M. Townes
, John C. Noh, Patricia P. Wilkins, William Keene, William Lambert, James Anderson, Jenifer Compton Luman, and John M. Townes
Table 4
Demographic and clinical characteristics of case-patients with investigated and noninvestigated cysticercosis , Oregon, 2006–2009*
| Characteristic† | Eligible for household investigation |
No. (%) not eligible, n = 40 | p value‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) investigated, n = 22 | No. (%) not Investigated, n = 10 | |||
| Male sex |
14 (64) |
9 (90) |
23 (58) |
0.16 |
| Lesions | ||||
| 1 | 6 (27) | 2 (20) | 14 (35) | 0.55 |
| >1 |
16 (73) |
8 (80) |
26 (65) |
|
| Lesion location | ||||
| Parenchymal | 17 (77) | 9 (90) | 35 (88) | 0.21 |
| Extraparenchymal | 2 (9) | 1 (10) | 0 | |
| Mixed |
3 (14) |
0 |
5 (13) |
|
| Lesion stage | ||||
| Cystic | 6 (27) | 1 (10) | 15 (38) | 0.15 |
| Calcified | 8 (36) | 8 (80) | 16 (40) | |
| Mixed |
8 (36) |
1 (10) |
9 (23) |
|
| EITB LLGP positive | 9 (41) | – | – | |
*EITB LLGP, enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot for antibodies against lentil lection–bound glycoprotein of Taenia solium cysts.
†Median age, y (interquartile range): investigated, 31 (28–37); not investigated, 42 (35–57); not eligible, 35 (25–43); p = 0.15 by Kruskal-Wallis χ2 test.
‡By Fisher exact test.
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