Elimination of Taenia solium Transmission in Peru

To the Editor: Garcia et al. (June 16 issue)¹ conclude that the transmission of taeniasis and cysticercosis was interrupted in a region in which these diseases are endemic owing to mass drug administration in humans and pigs. We are not convinced that this costly strategy provides a long-term solution for eradicating taeniasis and cysticercosis. Mass drug administration is a temporary solution, since unhealthful conditions and poverty prevail in countries where these diseases are endemic. Mass drug administration was widely used in Latin America during the 1980s and 1990s.² However, taeniasis and cysticercosis are still prevalent in those countries and continue . . .