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Cytokine profiles and CD4 counts in HIV-positive individuals with cysticercosis: implications for sex-specific immune responses in co-endemic regions of Tanzania

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionThe interplay between HIV and Taenia solium cysticercosis in co-endemic regions remains poorly understood, particularly regarding the immune responses but is relevant for an effective treatment strategy.
Yakobo Leonard Lema, Ulrich Fabien Prodjinotho, Ulrich Fabien Prodjinotho, Charles Makasi, Charles Makasi, Mary-Winnie A. Nanyaro, Andrew Martin Kilale, Sayoki Godfrey Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey Mfinanga, Sayoki Godfrey Mfinanga, Veronika Schmidt, Hélène Carabin, Hélène Carabin, Hélène Carabin, Hélène Carabin, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Eligius F. Lyamuya, Bernard James Ngowi, Bernard James Ngowi, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa   +23 more
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Autopsy, deathways, and intercultural healthcare in the southern Peruvian Andes Autopsie, pratiques mortuaires et soins de santé interculturels dans le sud des Andes péruviennes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 456-473, June 2026.
While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
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The monetary burden of cysticercosis in Mexico.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
BackgroundTaenia solium cysticercosis is a public health and agricultural problem in many low and middle-income countries where health education, sanitation, pig management practices and meat inspection infrastructure are insufficient.
Rachana Bhattarai, Hélène Carabin, Jefferson V Proaño, Jose Flores-Rivera, Teresa Corona, Ana Flisser, Leith León-Maldonado, Christine M Budke   +7 more
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Extensive disseminated cysticercosis: a case report in Yunnan province, China

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Cysticercosis is spreading all over the world and it is a major health problem in most countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Extensive disseminated cysticercosis is relatively rare and fewer than 120 case have been reported in the ...
Xin-Zhong Zang, Huan-Zhang Li, Men-Bao Qian, Ying-Dan Chen, Chang-Hai Zhou, Hong-Kun Liu, Yu-Hua Liu, Shi-Zhu Li   +7 more
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Economic Impact and Disease Insights: Understanding Organ Condemnation in Cattle Slaughtered at Bahir Dar Abattoir

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2026.
From 334 cattle slaughtered in the Bahir Dar municipal abattoir, different lesions resulting in total or partial organ condemnation were found in organs of 12 (3.6%) cattle. Organs affected by different lesions or disease were liver 14.6% (49/334), lung 9.9% (33/334), heart 2.40% (8/334), kidney 3.6% (12/334) and tongue 0.9% (3/334).
Habtamu Endale, Mesfin Mathewos
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The disease burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Cameroon.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2009
BackgroundTaenia solium cysticercosis is an important zoonosis in many developing countries. Human neurocysticercosis is recognised as an important cause of epilepsy in regions where the parasite occurs.
Nicolas Praet, Niko Speybroeck, Rafael Manzanedo, Dirk Berkvens, Denis Nsame Nforninwe, André Zoli, Fabrice Quet, Pierre-Marie Preux, Hélène Carabin, Stanny Geerts   +9 more
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Cysticercosis of breast

Tropical Parasitology, 2013
Human cysticercosis, a parasitic infection caused by cysticercus cellulosae. This results from ova being swallowed or getting asses to human stomach by regurgitation from own adult worm. The larvae are liberated in stomach, penetrate the intestinal mucosa and carried to many parts of the body where they form cysterci, 0.5-1 cm cyst that contain the ...
Gupta, Narendra Kumar, Panchonia, Ashok, Jain, Dinesh   +2 more
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Major Causes of Organ Condemnation and Their Financial Losses in Cattle Slaughtered at Jinka Municipal Abattoir, Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2026.
This study identifies fasciolosis and hydatidosis as significant causes of organ condemnation in cattle at Jinka Municipal Abattoir, Ethiopia, with an overall rejection rate of 18.6%. The estimated annual economic loss from these diseases is 56,150 ETB.
Yebelayhun Mulugeta, Said Mohammed, Ashagrie Ayelaw   +2 more
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Taeniasis and Cysticercosis

, 2022
Both, taeniasis and cysticercosis are parasitic diseases caused by flatworms belonging to the class Cestoda (tapeworms), family Taeniidae, genus Taenia.
Galán Puchades, María Teresa
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A case of extensive spinal cysticercosis involving the whole spinal canal in a patient with a history of cerebral cysticercosis [PDF]

, 2009
Although cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system, spinal cysticercosis is rare. A rare form of spinal cysticercosis involving the whole spinal canal is presented.
신동아
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