Volume 17, Number 6—June 2011
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Taenia solium Tapeworm Infection, Oregon, 2006–2009
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.