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# Poor defaecating habits | # Poor defaecating habits | ||
# Inability to identify pork infected with cysticercosis | # Inability to identify pork infected with cysticercosis | ||
# History of passing Taenia proglottides | # History of passing [[Proglottid|Taenia proglottides]] | ||
# History of raising pigs | # History of raising pigs | ||
# Feeding [[Faeces|human faeces]] to pigs | # Feeding [[Faeces|human faeces]] to pigs |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]
Overview
Poor sanitary habits, contact with pigs and living in an endemic areas are the main risk factors for having cysticercosis.
Cysticercosis risk factors
Statistically proven risk factors are:[1]
- Poor defaecating habits
- Inability to identify pork infected with cysticercosis
- History of passing Taenia proglottides
- History of raising pigs
- Feeding human faeces to pigs
- Using pigs barn as a toilet
- Using dipping method for washing hands [2]
References
- ↑ Kuwajima K, Nitta K, Sugai S (1975). "Electrophoretic investigations of the acid conformational change of alpha-lactalbumin". J. Biochem. 78 (1): 205–11. PMID 376.
- ↑ Michiels JJ, van Joost T, Vuzevski VD (1989). "Idiopathic erythermalgia: a congenital disorder". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 21 (5 Pt 2): 1128–30. PMID 2808845.