Revisión documental de la prevalencia de cisticercosis porcina y su efecto en la salud publica en Ecuador.

This research addresses the documentary review of the prevalence of cysticercosis in public health in Ecuador, because in less developed areas they do not have adequate knowledge to mitigate infections caused by cysticerci and because of this they market pork infected with cysts., caused by the larval stage of the parasite Taenia Solium. The objective is to investigate the prevalence of cysticercosis in public health in Ecuador, a methodology with an investigative approach, descriptive scope is proposed. The development of the theoretical perspective presented is based on the review of academic documentation of the prevalence of cysticercosis in public health and its most serious problem, which is neurocysticercosis that leads to death in humans. According to the analysis carried out, it is concluded that the prevalence of cysticercosis is very important in public health since it has an enormous pathological potential to aggravate man at the neuronal level (NCC), which between 2.56 and 8.30 million people have neurocysticercosis in rural communities in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Being the main cause of seizures, after having passed through its life cycle in its intermediate host, which is the pig, and subsequently ingested by humans, registering a total of 791 cases in the provinces of Loja: Calvas, Paltas and Espíndola with 1.05, 0.77 and 0.63 cases per 10,000 inhabitants.

• Egile nagusia: Guillen Mena, Luis Alexander (author)
• Formatua: bachelorThesis
• Argitaratua: 2022
• Gaiak: Cisticercos; Carne de cerdo; Taenia Solium; Neurocisticercosis; Convulsiones
• Sarrera elektronikoa: http://dspace.utb.edu.ec/handle/49000/13160