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Encased by Infection: A Rare Case of Retroperitoneal Fibrosis Induced by Disseminated Cysticercosis

open access: yesCase Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Cysticercosis refers to a disease caused by the larvae of Taenia solium parasitizing various tissues and organs of the human body. It is reported that cysticercosis is most commonly caused by the central nervous system, and retroperitoneal fibrosis is rare.
Lufeng Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Smallholder Pig Farmers in the Biosecurity of Pig Diseases in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

open access: yesVeterinary Medicine International, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Biosecurity forms an important component of preventing disease transmission. However, data on the demographics and practices of smallholder pig farmers in Southern Africa are scant, and little is published on the biosecurity related to these farms.
Vincent Simbizi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices to Foodborne Zoonotic Diseases and Their Associated Factors in and Around Debre Tabor City, Northwest Ethiopia

open access: yesVeterinary Medicine International, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Foodborne zoonotic diseases are a widespread public health problem globally. Infections are naturally transmitted between animals and humans through food. Materials and Methods: A cross‐sectional study was conducted from January to June 2024 to evaluate the awareness of foodborne zoonotic diseases and their associated factors in and around ...
Balemual Abebaw   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Human Taeniasis and Other Intestinal Parasites in Narok County, Kenya

open access: yesVeterinary Medicine International, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Data are sparse on the epidemiological picture of Taenia saginata taeniasis in Kenya. Infections are underreported, and their persistence nonetheless negatively impacts the beef industry. Populations vulnerable to taeniasis in the developing world are commonly burdened with other intestinal parasites, ubiquitous in unsanitary environments.
D. O. Oduori   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The common and uncommon cestodal infestation encountered in routine histopathological practice from a semi-urban population in south India and their public health importance. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Parasites are encountered uncommonly in routine histopathologic practice. Among them, cestodes form a major bulk. Cysticercosis heads the list forming the bulk of cases followed by Hydatidosis and Sparganosis.
Ramkumar Kurpad R, Shuba S , Prakash H Muddegowda , Jyothi B Lingegowda , Int J Cur Sci Res.
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Giant Cysticercosis of the Right Kidney: A Case Report

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2024.
ABSTRACT Cysticercosis, although reported in several parts of the body, especially the liver, lesions occurring in the kidney are particularly rare. We report a 58‐year‐old female patient with intermittent epigastric pain, who was found to have a huge occupancy of the right kidney on computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which ...
Yumeng Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a species-specific coproantigen ELISA for human taenia solium taeniasis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Taenia solium causes human neurocysticercosis and is endemic in underdeveloped countries where backyard pig keeping is common. Microscopic fecal diagnostic methods for human T.
Allan, JC   +7 more
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Taenia martis in an Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur alaotrensis): The importance of molecular identification

open access: yesVeterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2024.
Abstract The cestode Taenia martis is a common parasite affecting mustelids, with rodents serving as intermediate hosts. However, infections with the larval stage have seldomly been described in primates. This report describes a case in an Alaotran gentle lemur (Hapalemur alaotrensis) that died of chronic kidney disease, and in which Taenia ...
Clara Danière   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blepharoptosis and cysticercosis

open access: yesNepalese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Nepal J Ophthalmol 2013; 5(10): 286 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nepjoph.v5i2 ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Intramedullary cysticercosis

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2010
Intramedullary cysticercosis is a rare form of cysticercosis in the central nervous system. A 55-year-old woman was admitted with low back pain, urinary incontinence, paraparesis and sensory deficit. Her MRI showed a well-defined intramedullary cystic lesion at T7 vertebral level with peripheral enhancement on contrast.
Kumar, S   +4 more
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