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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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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.
Ulrich F Prodjinotho +8 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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Epilepsy Currents, 2004 Neurocysticercosis is a leading cause of seizures and epilepsy in the developing world and is an increasingly important health issue in the United States. Recent results from the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru provide new evidence supporting the use of antiparasitic agents in highly selected patients with active cysts and seizures.
Christopher M, DeGiorgio +4 more
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Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis in the United States: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011 Introduction Neurocysticercosis is endemic in the developing world, but is becoming more common in the United States due to immigration. Case presentation A 26-year-old Caucasian man presented with headache, nausea and vomiting and was found to have ...
Kelesidis Theodoros, Tsiodras Sotirios
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Cysticercosis and taeniasis cases diagnosed at two referral medical institutions, Belgium, 1990 to 2015 [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Few case reports on human infections with the beef tapeworm Taenia saginata and the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, diagnosed in Belgium have been published, yet the grey literature suggests a higher number of cases.
Bottieau, Emmanuel +6 more
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Continuum, 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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NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS IN SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION PATIENTS
Malang Neurology Journal, 2019 The neurocysticercosis is an important neurological infection. It can be seen in several tropical countries. The neurocysticercosis can affect both healthy people and patients. The organ transplant patient can also get neurocysticercosis.
Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Mapping occurrence of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and areas at risk of porcine cysticercosis in Central America and the Caribbean basin [PDF]
, 2017 Background: This study aimed to map the occurrence of Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis at national level within Central America and the Caribbean basin, and to map the distribution of porcine cysticercosis at first-level administrative subdivision ...
Braae, Uffe Christian +4 more
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