[Cysticercosis in the province of Kayanza (Burundi)]

Prompted by the diagnosis of two cases of cysticercosis in patients from the same province of Burundi, we conducted a study in this area to determine the cysticercosis incidence rate in this area of Burundi. Patients having presented with more than two convulsive seizures were studied. All of them usually eat pork. Diagnosis was established with the 3 following criteria: positive ELISA reaction in blood and/or CSF; presence of cystercus in subcutaneous node. Cysticercosis was diagnosed in 40 of the 98 investigated patients, 25 presenting a neurocysticercosis.