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Prevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis in Angónia District, Mozambique. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
Taenia solium is an important zoonosis in many developing countries. Cysticercosis poses a serious public health risk and incurs sizeable economic losses to pig production.
Alberto Pondja   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cysticercosis and taeniasis cases diagnosed at two referral medical institutions, Belgium, 1990 to 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Background: Few case reports on human infections with the beef tapeworm Taenia saginata and the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, diagnosed in Belgium have been published, yet the grey literature suggests a higher number of cases.
Bottieau, Emmanuel   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Cardiac cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis in sudden and unexpected community deaths in Lusaka, Zambia: a descriptive medico-legal post-mortem examination study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background: Cysticercosis is a World Health Organization designated neglected human zoonosis worldwide. Data on cardiac cysticercosis and its contribution to sudden and unexpected community deaths are scarce and require study.
Cordilia Himwaze   +7 more
doaj  

Disseminated Cysticercosis in Rwanda—Case Report of a Patient Presenting with Difficulty with Walking and Skin Nodules [PDF]

open access: yesRwanda Medical Journal, 2020
Human cysticercosis is a parasitic disease caused by larval cysts of the Taenia solium tapeworm. The pathogenesis of disseminated cysticercosis involves migration of Taenia solium embryos from the hepatoportal system to organs and tissues in the body ...
J. Tuan   +7 more
doaj  

Spinal nerve root sleeve cysticercosis: a case report and  review of the literature

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic infection of the central nervous system by tapeworm larvae. Spinal cysticercosis is thought to be relatively rare, and spinal nerve root sleeve cysticercosis have not been reported previously.
Benzhang Tao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic variability of Taenia saginata inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Taenia saginata is an important tapeworm, infecting humans in many parts of the world. The present study was undertaken to identify inter- and intraspecific variation of T.
Babaei, Z.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Socio-economic and health costs of porcine/human cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis and epilepsy to small-scale pig producers in Tanzania

open access: yesBulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021
Background Porcine cysticercosis, human cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis, and epilepsy pose a serious public health risk and lead to economic losses to the small-scale pig farmers in Tanzania’s rural areas. It also resulted in lowering the pig’s prices,
Emmanuel Nestory Kayuni
doaj   +1 more source

Habit of cooking pork on hot stones as main risk of cysticercosis

open access: yesUniversa Medicina, 2018
Background Cysticercosis is an infectious disease caused by the larval form of Taenia solium (cysticercus cellulosae) and has been ranked as the most important food-borne parasite of humans in terms of public health, socioeconomic and trade impact ...
Semuel Sandy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background In many parts of the developing world, pigs are kept under low-input systems where they roam freely to scavenge food. These systems allow poor farmers the opportunity to enter into livestock keeping without large capital investments.
Cook, Elizabeth A.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Cysts that Still Persist: A Case Series of Cysticercosis on Histopathological Evaluation

open access: yesTürk Patoloji Dergisi, 2021
Cysticercus is the infective larval form of the cystode T. solium that causes cysticercosis. It is has been declared as one of the neglected endemic zoonoses by the WHO.
Flora D LOBO   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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