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Cestode infections in non-human primates suggest the existence of zoonotic cycles in the area surrounding the Strasbourg primatology center

open access: yesParasite, 2019
Background: Several cases of infections due to Echinococcus multilocularis, Taenia martis and Taenia crassiceps were recently described in various species of captive non-human primates (NHPs) harbored in the Strasbourg Primate Center (SPC).
Greigert Valentin   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The survival and dispersal of Taenia eggs in the environment: what are the implications for transmission? A systematic review

open access: yesParasites & 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preliminary assessment of the computer-based Taenia solium educational program ‘The Vicious Worm’ on knowledge uptake in primary school students in rural areas in eastern Zambia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Objective: The zoonotic helminth Taenia solium is endemic in Zambia, causing human (taeniasis and (neuro)cysticercosis) and pig (porcine cysticercosis) diseases with high health, social and economic burdens.
Alexander   +26 more
core   +2 more sources

Taeniasis, a neglected tropical disease, from Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran [PDF]

open access: yesThe Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that human taeniasis is a neglected tropical disease. It has a worldwide distribution, even in developed countries. Three species of Taenia (Tania saginata, Taenia solium, and Taenia asiatica) can infect humans.
Mahdi khoshsima shahraki   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cysticercosis and taeniasis cases diagnosed at two referral medical institutions, Belgium, 1990 to 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Lingual cysticercosis

open access: yesIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2005
A fourtyfive year old male presented with a painless solitary nodular swelling near left lateral border of the tongue of two months duration. Fine needle aspiration cytology lead to no conclusion. Excisional biopsy was done.
S C Pandey, S D Pandey
doaj   +1 more source

Taenia solium cysticercosis [PDF]

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2003
The larval stage of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) infects the human nervous system, causing neurocysticercosis. This disease is one of the main causes of epileptic seizures in many less developed countries and is also increasingly seen in more developed countries because of immigration from endemic areas.
Héctor H, García   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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

open access: yes, 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.   +15 more
core   +3 more sources

Giant intracranial hydatid cyst: A report of two cases and literature review

open access: yesIndian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2012
Hydatid disease is a zoonosis caused by Taenia echinococcus. The three main varieties Echinococcus granulosus, E. multilocularis and E. vogeli are primarily found in dogs and are transmitted to man by fecal–oral route. Commonly affected organs are liver,
Jeevesh Mallik   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Theileria, Hepatozoon and Taenia infection in great gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) in northwestern China

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021
The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus), widely distributed in Asia, is a natural reservoir for Yersinia pestis, Leishmania donovani and some species of helminths.
Na Ji   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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