An epidemiological study of asymptomatic neurocysticercosis in a pig farming community in northern India

Asymptomatic NCC was detected in 90 (15.1%) of 595 individuals. The evaluation of risk factors showed that age >15 years (P = 0.001), intake of raw vegetables (P = 0.025) and undercooked pork (P = 0.005), lack of safe drinking water (P = 0.003), inadequate drainage system (P = 0.049), no separate place for pigs (P ≤ 0.001), NCC related active epilepsy in the family (P ≤ 0.001) were significantly associated with asymptomatic NCC. The present study shows high prevalence of asymptomatic NCC in pig farming community of northern India. Further, asymptomatic NCC is associated with most variables of poor socio-economic parameters.