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Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2025.Summary • Twenty‐one intestinal zoonotic parasites out of 28 were detected. • Parasitic burden measured by eggs per gram (EPG) was heavy on the river bank. • Cross‐transmission of intestinal parasites among co‐habiting animals may occur. ABSTRACT Introduction Increasing urbanization has particularly affected rivers and their outer edges in cities ...
Roshan Babu Adhikari +2 more
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Veterinary Medicine International, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Biosecurity forms an important component of preventing disease transmission. However, data on the demographics and practices of smallholder pig farmers in Southern Africa are scant, and little is published on the biosecurity related to these farms.
Vincent Simbizi +3 more
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Neurocysticercosis in Radiographically Imaged Seizure Patients in U.S. Emergency Departments
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 Neurocysticercosis appears to be on the rise in the United States, based on immigration patterns and published cases series, including reports of domestic acquisition. We used a collaborative network of U.S.
Samuel Ong +6 more
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Epilepsy in CHAD: Realities, constraints, and prospects
Epilepsia Open, Volume 9, Issue 6, Page 2049-2054, December 2024.Abstract Epilepsy is a significant public health problem. More than 50 million people worldwide live with epilepsy, and over three‐quarters of them are in low‐ and middle‐income countries. The situation in Chad regarding people with epilepsy is challenging to assess, starting from the shortage of scientific data, the inadequacy of technical facilities,
Foksouna Sakadi +11 more
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Neurocysticercosis among patients with first time seizure in Northern Namibia
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016 INTRODUCTION: neurocysticercosis is a common cause of seizures in low resource countries. There is a paucity of data regarding the extent of this infection in Namibia.
Innocent Lule Segamwenge +5 more
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Th1/Th2 Imbalance in Peripheral Blood Echoes Microglia State Dynamics in CNS During TLE Progression
Advanced Science, Volume 11, Issue 39, October 23, 2024.This study identifies a significant association between peripheral Th1/Th2 imbalance and central microglia state dynamics during temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) progression. It underscores the complex interaction between peripheral CD4+ T cells and central microglia in orchestrating the ‘systemic‐central’ immune response in TLE, with Notch 1 emerging as a
Jing Wang +8 more
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Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019 Carriers of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, are the sole source of neurocysticercosis, a parasitic tissue infection that can be chronic and severe. Identifying T. solium tapeworm carriers is challenging.
Curtis Croker
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 BackgroundAccurate and early diagnosis of neurocysticercosis (NCC) remains a challenge due to the heterogeneity of its clinical, immunological and imaging characteristics.
Ping Liu +8 more
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CNS Neuroscience &Therapeutics, Volume 30, Issue 10, October 2024.ABSTRACT Background Spinal adhesive arachnoidopathy (SAA) is a chronic pathology associated with persistent inflammatory responses in the arachnoid. Adhesive arachnoiditis (AA) is one of the major forms of SAA, with accompanying secondary complications.
Weikang Zhang +8 more
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A Rare Case Of Disseminated Toxic Neurocysticercosis Causing Threat-ening Of Life
Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, 2018 Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system. However, disseminated cysticercosis is rare. Cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of Taenia solium, a tapeworm.
Naba Kumar Singh A, Apurv Bhatia
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