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The status and health burden of neurocysticercosis in Mbulu district, northern Tanzania

BMC Research Notes, 2018
Objective The objective of this study was to assess the extent and health burden of neurocysticercosis in the general community of the Mbulu district, northern Tanzania. About 1051 randomly select participants were screened for human cysticercosis.
Beda John Mwang’onde, Mwita John Chacha, Gamba Nkwengulila   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

P-1780. Association between Neurocysticercosis and Mental Health Outcomes in School-Aged Children in Rural Sichuan, People’s Republic of China [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Overbeck Christian Takou Mbah, Yuju Wu, John J. Openshaw   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Seizures Beyond the Heart: Unveiling Neurocysticercosis After Cardiac Surgery [PDF]

Cureus
Adabala V, Das K, Aleem J, Goel A, Pathak S.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS [PDF]

Neuropediatrics, 2006
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries. It can present variably depending on the location and stage of cysts in the nervous system, and the host immune response. The most common presentation of parenchymal NCC is with seizures that are usually focal and brief; status epilepticus occurs in some ...
Ronald, Leonard, Edward D, Adickes, Roger A, Brumback   +2 more
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Cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis in people from Mocuba district, Zambézia province: A Mozambican community-based study. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
IntroductionTaenia solium cysticercosis represents a significant public health concern, especially in low-income countries such as Mozambique, where especially the sub form neurocysticercosis can be associated with acute symptomatic seizures, epilepsy ...
Janny Mucavele, Noémia Nhancupe, Gaby Ermelindo Roberto Monteiro, Regina Daniel Miambo, Lídia Gouveia, Alberto Pondja, Irina Mendes Sousa, Stephen W Bickler, Constance A Benson, Robert T Schooley, Veronika Schmidt, Charlotte Ruether, Dominik Stelzle, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Ladino Suade, Milton L Wainberg, Maria A Oquendo, Andrea S Winkler, Emilia Virginia Noormahomed, Zambézia cysticercosis working Group   +19 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A Cross-Sectional Study of People with Epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in Tanzania: Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Approaches. [PDF]

, 2011
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a major cause of epilepsy in regions where pigs are free-ranging and hygiene is poor. Pork production is expected to increase in the next decade in sub-Saharan Africa, hence NCC will likely become more prevalent. In this study,
A Meyer, A Michault, A Nicoletti, AG Lescano, Ana Flisser, Andrea S. Winkler, AS Winkler, AS Winkler, AS Winkler, AS Winkler, AS Winkler, C Simac, C Simac, EM Kojic, Erich Schmutzhard, F Quet, H Carabin, HA Ngowi, Herbert Auer, IK Phiri, JA Serpa, Joachim Blocher, JP Singhvi, JV Proaño-Narvaez, M Dumas, M Rigatti, M Schaffert, M Wilson, Matthias Schaffert, MT Medina, MT Medina, N Senanayake, OH Del Brutto, OH Del Brutto, OH Del Brutto, OH Del Brutto, Paige N. Gupton, Patricia P. Wilkins, PC Ndimubanzi, PM Preux, PP Wilkins, PR De Bittencourt, S Ong, SM Montano, TE Nash, TE Nash, Thaddaeus Gotwald, TL Mac, V Rajshekhar, VC Tsang, W Dent, William Matuja   +51 more
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Human Neurocysticercosis: An Overview

Pathogens, 2022
Human cysticercosis is caused by ingestion of T. solium eggs from taenia carriers. Neurocysticercosis (NCC), defined as the infection of the CNS and the meninges by the larval stage of Taenia solium, is the most common helminthic infection of the CNS ...
O. D. Del Brutto
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Update on the diagnosis and management of neurocysticercosis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2022
Background:  Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a serious public health problem in several developing countries, including those in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. NCC is considered to be the main cause of late-onset epilepsy in endemic areas. Objective:  This
O. Takayanagui, T. Haes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neurocysticercosis: A Review into Treatment Options, Indications, and Their Efficacy

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2022
Neurocysticercosis, due to the localization of Taenia solium larvae in the Central Nervous System, is a neglected tropical disease still endemic in much of Latin America, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
P. T. Hamamoto Filho, Roberto Rodríguez-Rivas, A. Fleury   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Characteristics of people with epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in three eastern African countries–A pooled analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a zoonotic disease caused by the pork tapeworm T. solium, represents one of the most common causes of secondary epilepsy but remains often undiagnosed due to lack of awareness and diagnostic facilities. Methodology We
D. Stelzle, V. Schmidt, Luise Keller, B. Ngowi, W. Matuja, Gabrielle Escheu, P. Hauke, Vivien Richter, E. Ovuga, B. Pfausler, E. Schmutzhard, Action Amos, W. Harrison, J. Kaducu, A. Winkler   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source