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

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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk factors for Taenia solium taeniasis: A case-control study in Lao PDR. [PDF]

Trop Med Int Health
Abstract Introduction Neurocysticercosis due to Taenia solium is the leading cause of epilepsy in low and middle‐income countries yet remains under investigated in Lao PDR (Laos). People shedding T. solium eggs or proglottids from the adult tapeworm are the source of infection for those with cysticercosis.
Larkins A, Boyd D, Duangmala V, Insisiengmay B, Chittavong M, Ash A.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Streptococcus gordonii infectious endocarditis presenting as a neurocysticercosis mimic — A rare manifestation

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2021
Infective endocarditis (IE) usually presents with nonspecific signs and symptoms, which delay diagnosis and proper treatment. Here, we describe a patient with initial clinical and radiological features compatible with neurocysticercosis who was later ...
Yue Wang, Rui Xu, Maohua Li, Chunmei Duan, Li Wang, Wei Duan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transcriptome analysis of Taenia solium cysticerci using Open reading Frame ESTS (ORESTES) [PDF]

, 2009
Background Human infection by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium affects more than 50 million people worldwide, particularly in underdeveloped and developing countries. Cysticercosis which arises from larval encystation can be life threatening and difficult
Almeida, Carolina R., Bayer-Santos, Ethel, Davila, Alberto M. R., Dias-Neto, Emmanuel, Ferreira, Henrique B., Grisard, Edmundo C., Maia, Antônio A., Ojopi, Elida P. B., Rodrigues, Juliana B., Rotava, Gianinna, Sincero, Thaís C. M., Sperandio, Maísa M., Stoco, Patricia H., Tyler, Kevin M., Wagner, Glauber, Zaha, Arnaldo   +15 more
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Frequency and determinant factors for calcification in neurocysticercosis.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
BACKGROUND Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a major cause of acquired epilepsy in most of the world. Larval cysts in the human brain eventually resolve and either disappear or leave a calcified scar that is associated with seizures.
J. Bustos, Gianfranco Arroyo, R. Gilman, P. Soto-Becerra, I. Gonzales, H. Saavedra, E. Pretell, T. Nash, S. O’Neal, S. O’Neal, O. D. Brutto, Armando E. Gonzalez, H. García   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Classic Neurocysticercosis Case with an Unusual Complication [PDF]

, 2017
Cysticercosis is triggered by infection with the larval form of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The usual sites for the development of cyscticerci are the central nervous system (neurocysticercosis – NCC), subcutaneous tissue, skeletal muscle, heart muscle ...
Maury, Inês, Neves, Diana, Pereira, Aida, Rodrigues, André, Sargento, Dora   +4 more
core   +7 more sources

A case report of intraparenchymal neurocysticercosis in a postpartum female in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2020
Neurocysticercosis is a neurologic disease caused by infection with larvae of Taenia solium. It is most commonly transmitted by consumption of pork, water contaminated with T. solium or poor hygiene habits.
Foziah Jabbar Alshamrani, Abdulla Alsulaiman, Ghadah Faisal Shareefi, Alaa Nabil Turkistani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Added value of 3D-DRIVE and SWI Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences in Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis (IVNCC): An Institutional Experience from Northeast India

Acta Medica Lituanica, 2021
Background: Prompt diagnosis and early treatment institution are important in intraventricular neurocysticercosis(IVNCC) as compared to the parenchymal or racemose form because it is associated with a poorer patient prognosis.
Deb K. Boruah, Bidyut Bikash Gogoi, Kuntal Kanti Das, Kalyan Sarma, Pranjal Phukan, Binoy Kumar Singh, Karuna Hazarika, Awadhesh Jaiswal   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subarachnoid neurocysticercosis: emerging concepts and treatment

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2020
Purpose of review Subarachnoid neurocysticercosis (SUBNCC) is caused by a morphologically unique proliferative form of Taenia solium involving the subarachnoid spaces.
T. Nash, Elise M O’Connell
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Are we ready for Taenia solium cysticercosis elimination in sub-Saharan Africa? [PDF]

, 2016
The World Health Organization announced in November 2014 at the fourth international meeting on 'the control of neglected zoonotic diseases - from advocacy to action', that intervention tools for eliminating Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis (TSTC ...
Braae, Uffe Christian, Gabriël, Sarah, Johansen, Maria Vang, Magnussen, Pascal, Trevisan, Chiara   +4 more
core   +3 more sources