A Community-Based Study to Estimate the Seroprevalence of Trichinellosis and Echinococcosis in the Roma and Non-Roma Population of Slovakia

Trichinellosis and cystic and alveolar echinococcosis are serious parasitic diseases transmissible between animals and humans. Moreover, alveolar echinococcosis is considered one of the most dangerous of human helminthoses. Roma communities are particularly numerous in Central and Eastern Europe. Th...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2018-02, Vol.15 (2), p.251
Main Authors: Antolová, Daniela, Halánová, Monika, Janičko, Martin, Jarčuška, Peter, Reiterová, Katarína, Jarošová, Júlia, Madarasová Gecková, Andrea, Pella, Daniel, Dražilová, Sylvia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alveoli
Antigens
Back pain
Blotting, Western
Communities
Cough
Echinococcosis
Echinococcosis - ethnology
Echinococcus
Echinococcus multilocularis
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Epidemics
Fatigue
Female
Headache
Housing
Humans
Immunoglobulins
Infections
Infectious diseases
Living conditions
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Muscles
Muscular fatigue
Pain
Parasites
Parasitic diseases
Population
Roma - statistics & numerical data
Segregation
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Slovakia - epidemiology
Trichinella
Trichinellosis
Trichinellosis - ethnology
Variance analysis
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Summary:Trichinellosis and cystic and alveolar echinococcosis are serious parasitic diseases transmissible between animals and humans. Moreover, alveolar echinococcosis is considered one of the most dangerous of human helminthoses. Roma communities are particularly numerous in Central and Eastern Europe. They are often concentrated in economically undeveloped regions and live in segregated localities with unsatisfactory housing and sanitary conditions. The study aimed to find out the seroprevalence of and infections in the Roma population of segregated settlements and to compare it with the seropositivity of the non-Roma population of eastern Slovakia. Out of 823 samples, three sera showed seropositivity to in the ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) test. Subsequent Western blot reaction (WB) confirmed seropositivity in two Roma women. ELISA seropositivity to was recorded in six persons (0.73%), and five (0.61%) respondents were seropositive to , but WB confirmed the presence of antibodies to spp. in one Roma participant. Positive persons suffered from unspecific clinical symptoms; -positive persons reported headache, cough, fatigue, and muscle pain. The -positive participant suffered from headache and back pain. The study showed that the worse living conditions of the Roma community did not significantly influence the occurrence of and infections in this minority.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph15020251