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. 1991 Jun 1;32(2):243–252. doi: 10.1186/BF03546986

A case-control study of risk factors in light Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Danish cattle

»Case-control« undersøgelse af risikofaktorer for lavgradige Taenia saginata cysticercoseinfektioner i dansk kvæg

Niels Chr Kyvsgaard 1, Bente Ilsøe 1,✉, Preben Willeberg 1, Peter Nansen 1, Svend Aage Henriksen 1
PMCID: PMC8127936  PMID: 1803937

Abstract

Risk factors in light T. saginata cysticercosis in cattle herds were investigated in a case-control study. The case group consisted of farms from which cattle with low-grade cysticercosis had been detected at slaughter. The control group consisted of farms where no cases were detected during the same period. The major risk factor identified was allowing cattle access to drink from streams carrying effluent from sewage treatment plants (odds ratio = 3.6). Spreading of septic tank sludge through deliberate or accidential mixing with animal slurry, deposition of sewage sludge, and proximity to railways, camping sites or sewage treatment plants seemed to be of minor importance.

Keywords: epidemiology, streams, sewage, effluent

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