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Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2014 Neurocysticercosis is the commonest parasitic disease of the nervous system in humans, and constitutes a major public health problem for most of the developing world. The clinical manifestations of Neurocysticercosis (NCC) largely depend on number of lesions, site, and host immune response against the parasite.
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Human Taenia martis Neurocysticercosis, Switzerland
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 Neurocysticercosis is almost exclusively caused by Taenia solium tapeworms. We describe a case of neurocysticercosis in Switzerland caused by infection with Taenia martis, the marten tapeworm, and review all 5 published cases of human infection with the
Valentin K. Steinsiepe +8 more
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Current Diagnostic Criteria for Neurocysticercosis
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2021 Neurocysticercosis (NCC) causes significant neurological morbidity around the world, and is the most common preventable factor for epilepsy in adults. It is endemic in most developing countries, and also diagnosed with some frequency in industrialized ...
C. Guzman, H. García
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Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2020 Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is one of the common parasitic central nervous system (CNS) infections. Improperly cooked pork and eggs of the tapeworm Taenia solium, entering the body through the feco-oral route, are the common sources of its infection. Affected person may remain asymptomatic for long periods and can present with a variety of neurological ...
Tayyaba Siddiqua, Ayesha Habeeb
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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2023 Rationale: Neurocysticercosis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the larvae of Taenia solium and may occur in immunocompetent people. We report a case of diffuse parenchymal neurocysticercosis mimicking tuberculous meningitis in an immunocompetent
Paulus Sugianto +3 more
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Current Opinion in Neurology, 1997 Neurocysticercosis, the most common helminthic infection of the nervous system, is a major cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide. The disease occurs when humans become intermediate hosts of the tapeworm Taenia solium after ingesting its eggs by contagion from an asymptomatic Taenia carrier.
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Mortality in Parenchymal and Subarachnoid Neurocysticercosis.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021 Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is endemic in many parts of the world, carrying significant neurological morbidity that varies according to whether lesions are located inside the cerebral parenchyma or in extraparenchymal spaces.
J. Abanto +7 more
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Case report and review of literature: Isolated intramedullary spinal neurocysticercosis
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 BackgroundCases of isolated intramedullary spinal neurocysticercosis are extremely rare. Only 25 cases have been reported before 2022. Due to its rarity, the diagnosis of spinal neurocysticercosis may be missed.Case presentationWe describe a 37-year-old ...
Diana Andino +11 more
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Bulletin 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
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Host immune responses during Taenia solium Neurocysticercosis infection and treatment
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis (TSCT), caused by the tapeworm T. solium, is a foodborne and zoonotic disease classified since 2010 by WHO as a neglected tropical isease.
U. F. Prodjinotho +8 more
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