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Abstract
Taenia solium (the pork tapewonn) is a major parasite causes taeniasis and cysticercosis in man, since man can act as both definitive and intennediate host. While T so/ium is founq worldwide, the epidemiological cycle occurs most conunonly in environment with low socioeconomic or hygienic level or primitive pig rearing practices. Taenia solium infection is rare in Moslems and Jewish who do not eat pork because of the adherence to particular religious prospects. But cysticercosis infection occurs in all ethnic groups regardless of Culinary habits. Infection by adult wonn (intestinal taeniasis) probably cause no symptoms in the majority of patients, but human cysticercosis is a conunon cause of sickness and death in developing countries and attributed to 10-12 of hospital admission for neurologic disorders in endemic areas. The diagnosis of intestinal taeniasis depends Olrthe identification of the egg or gravid sigments in stool sample. In case of cysticercosis, the diagnosis depends mainly on clinical suspecion and confinned by serological diagnosis, CT scan and other tools.. Since Taenia solium infection is expected to prevail among pig rearing individuals it was planned to carry out a study on this population with the following objectives:. . To estimate the prevalence of intestinal taeniasis solium among those who are rearing pigs in the selected areas. To detennine the risk factors for T. Solium taeniasis and cysticerosis in human and pigs. . To fmd out the infection rate and predilection sites of cysticerci among the slaughtered pigs in Al-Amrya abattoir in Alexandria ’,-< Govemorate during the period from July (1995) to June (1996). F or satisfying these aims, three piggerries were selected to be included our study site. The fIrst and second piggerries were located in Kaft- El - Sheikh City, Kafr EI- Sheikh GovenlOrate and the third piggery located in Tanta City, Garbia Govemorate. The Study was carried out on 78 persons aged from <10- ~ 40 years, 69.2 of them were males, while 30.8 were females. The individuals were categorised according to their age, sex, religion, educational and occupational levels. Their socio-economic standard was calculated according to the estimated scores. Stool samples were collected from each individual in a dry clean waxed paper ice- cream carton cup and examined macroscopically and microscopically using formol-ether sedimentation technique. Soil samples were collected from different sites of the selected piggerries as from inside and arOlUld them as well as from areas inside the house of the piggerries gurds. parasitological examination of the soil was done by two methods; ZnS04 flotation and sugar flotation methods to detect the parasitic infestations. The results were recorded in special sheet (Annex no. 2) and the data was subjected to statistical analysis using chi-square, Z test, t test, a Fisher’s exact test, ANOV A and simple correlation coefficient. The 0.05 cut- off value was used as a criterion for statistical significance. According to the obtained findings of the present study, the following results were detected: 1) Out of78 individuals examined 85.9 were Moslems, while 14.1 were Christians.