Table 2.

Components for the control and eradication of human taeniasis/cysticercosis

Prevention and treatment of pig infection

Proper pig management facilities: no free-ranging or scavenging pigs

No feeding human waste or fecally contaminated feeds to pigs

Pig vaccinations

Mass drug administration (e.g., praziquantel, niclosamide, or oxfendazole)

Provision of health hardware: functioning toilets and clean water access in villages, ongoing maintenance of these facilities

No open defecation by humans

Health education and social mobilization measures for change in hygiene and sanitation practices

Treatment of humans with taeniasis/cysticercosis*

Identification of infected/carriers through active/passive surveillance measures

Individual treatment

Mass drug administration (e.g., praziquantel, niclosamide, or albendazole)

Prevention of human infections

Hand and food hygiene measures

Strict meat inspection practices and regulations

Sufficient cooking of pork

Changes in cultural and religious practices on consumption of raw pork

^*Cysticercosis alone does not contribute to perpetuation of Taenia solium life cycle. However, cysticercosis cases may also have concurrent taeniasis.