Parasites and Vectors, 2021 Taenia spp. are responsible for a substantial health and economic burden in affected populations. Knowledge of the fate of the eggs of Taenia spp. in the environment and of other factors facilitating the transmission of eggs to intermediate hosts is ...
Famke Jansen +2 more
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Comparison of a new multiplex real-time PCR with the Kato Katz thick smear and copro-antigen ELISA for the detection and differentiation of Taenia spp. in human stools [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Taenia solium, the cause of neurocysticercosis (NCC), has significant socioeconomic impacts on communities in developing countries. This disease, along with taeniasis is estimated to infect 2.5 to 5 million people globally. Control of T.
Dinh Ng-nguyen +2 more
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Cestode larvae excite host neuronal circuits via glutamatergic signalling [PDF]
eLifeNeurocysticercosis (NCC) is caused by infection of the brain by larvae of the parasitic cestode Taenia solium. It is the most prevalent parasitic infection of the central nervous system and one of the leading causes of adult-acquired epilepsy worldwide ...
Anja de Lange +10 more
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Hidden diversity of cestodes in wild African carnivores: II. Taeniidae – new findings and an updated checklist [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeThe Taeniidae family, comprising the genera Taenia, Hydatigera, Versteria, and Echinococcus, includes cestodes of considerable significance to both human and animal health.
S. Dumendiak +7 more
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Identifying wildlife reservoirs of neglected taeniid tapeworms : non-invasive diagnosis of endemic Taenia serialis infection in a wild primate population [PDF]
, 2017 Despite the global distribution and public health consequences of Taenia tapeworms, the life cycles of taeniids infecting wildlife hosts remain largely undescribed.
Beehner, Jacinta C +11 more
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The World Health Organization 2030 goals for Taenia solium: Insights and perspectives from transmission dynamics modelling [PDF]
Gates Open Research, 2019 CystiTeam Group for Epidemiology and Modelling of Taenia solium Taeniasis/Cysticercosis, the +3 more
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Saudi Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a predominant parasitic disease that affects the central nervous system and presents with diverse clinical manifestations, is a major contributor to acquired epilepsy worldwide, particularly in low-, middle-, and ...
Han-Xiao Zhu +8 more
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Galicia Clínica, 2022 Cysticercosis is caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The authors describe a case of a 30-year-old male patient that presented in the emergency room with a generalized seizure.
Joana Raquel Monteiro +1 more
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First Report of Taenia taeniaeformis in Persian Leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) in Iran [PDF]
Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 2010 Taenia taeniaeformis is synonym of Taenia infantis, Hydatigera taeniaeformis and Multiceps longihamatus. It has worldwide distribution. The leopard, a young female 2-3 years and body weight of 35 Kg, was shot unwillingly in a frighteningly close ...
B. Esfandiari and M. R.Youssefi1*
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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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