Volume 27, Number 9—September 2021
Research
Geographically Targeted Interventions versus Mass Drug Administration to Control Taenia solium Cysticercosis, Peru
Seth E. O’Neal
, Ian W. Pray, Percy Vilchez, Ricardo Gamboa, Claudio Muro, Luz Maria Moyano, Viterbo Ayvar, Cesar M. Gavidia, Robert H. Gilman, Armando E. Gonzalez, Hector H. Garcia, and for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
, Ian W. Pray, Percy Vilchez, Ricardo Gamboa, Claudio Muro, Luz Maria Moyano, Viterbo Ayvar, Cesar M. Gavidia, Robert H. Gilman, Armando E. Gonzalez, Hector H. Garcia, and for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
Table 4
Summary of surveillance and participation in ring screening intervention in a study of Taenia solium cysticercosis, Peru*
| Characteristics | Study month |
Total* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | ||
| No. pigs examined | 1,015 | 875 | 1,010 | 1,075 | 1,174 | 1,424 | 1,312 | 7,885 |
| Tongue-positive pigs, no. (%) |
23 (2.3) |
3 (0.3) |
0 (0) |
12 (1.1) |
17 (1.5) |
5 (0.4) |
14 (1.1) |
74 (1.0) |
| No. screening rings |
21 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
15 |
5 |
12 |
65 |
| No. eligible households |
170 |
24 |
0 |
53 |
150 |
25 |
124 |
546 |
| No. eligible participants | 625 | 90 | 0 | 220 | 532 | 107 | 452 | 2026 |
| Provided stool (%) | 548 (87.7) | 73 (81.1) | 0 | 185 (84.1) | 422 (79.3) | 83 (77.6) | 352 (77.9) | 1,663 (82.1) |
| Suspect taeniasis (%) | 24 (4.4) | 2 (2.7) | NA | 5 (2.7) | 18 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 12 (3.4) | 61 (3.7) |
| Accepted NSM (%) | 22 (91.7) | 2 (100) | NA | 5 (100) | 15 (83.3) | NA | 12 (100) | 56 (91.8) |
*Distinct households, participants, and pigs might be counted more than once in the totals column. NA, not applicable; NSM, niclosamide.
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