A 50-year-old pig farmer from Mexico is the index case for a cluster of neurocysticercosis in his village. He passes Taenia solium proglottids in his ...

Question

A 50-year-old pig farmer from Mexico is the index case for a cluster of neurocysticercosis in his village. He passes Taenia solium proglottids in his stool. What public health measures should be taken to reduce cysticercosis transmission?

Accepted Answer

Treatment of the index case with niclosamide or praziquantel to eliminate the intestinal tapeworm (the source of eggs), improved sanitation, pig husbandry improvement, and health education on handwashing

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Mass treatment of all villagers with praziquantel for cysticercosis

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Vaccination of all villagers against T. solium

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Culling all pigs in the village

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Indoor residual spraying

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Cysticercosis Public Health Control

A 50-year-old pig farmer from Mexico is the index case for a cluster of neurocysticercosis in his village. He passes Taenia solium proglottids in his stool. What public health measures should be taken to reduce cysticercosis transmission?