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Intraventricular Taenia solium Neurocysticercosis: A Report of Three Cases

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2011
Neurocysticercosis (NCC), caused by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium, is reported to be a common condition in Nepal. So far imaging diagnosis was mainstay of the diagnosis.
B Pant, B Devleesschauwer, P Shrestha, I Shrestha, N Praet, P Dorny   +5 more
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Taenia solium infection in Peru: a collaboration between Peace Corps Volunteers and researchers in a community based study.

PLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundNeurocysticercosis is a leading cause of seizures and epilepsy in most of the world, and it occurs when Taenia solium larval cysts infect the central nervous system. T.
Nathaniel S Watts, Monica Pajuelo, Taryn Clark, Maria-Cristina I Loader, Manuela R Verastegui, Charles Sterling, Jon S Friedland, Hector H Garcia, Robert H Gilman, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru   +9 more
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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

Impact of Health Education Interventions for Control of <i>Taenia solium</i> Cysticercosis/Taeniasis in Endemic Countries: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
This systematic review assessed health education interventions for controlling Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis. Of 392 studies screened, 21 met the inclusion criteria. Findings showed that community‐based education improved knowledge, attitudes and practices, with short‐term behavioural changes and reduced prevalence, although long‐term impact ...
Nyangi C, Mkupasi EM, Ngowi HA, Mahonge C, Winkler AS.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Repair capacity of <i>Taenia solium</i> extraparenchymal cysts: radiological and <i>in vitro</i> evidence. [PDF]

Future Microbiol
Toledo A, Hamamoto Filho PT, Gaona Corona MA, Sierra León D, Canela Calderon OJ, Zanini MA, Carrillo Mezo R, Fleury A.   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

NEUROCISTICERCOSIS: UNA ENFERMEDAD QUE NO DEBEMOS OLVIDAR.

Galicia Clínica, 2017
La cisticercosis es una infección causada por Cysticercus cellulosae, la larva del helminto Taenia solium o “tenia del cerdo”. Taenia solium puede producir dos formas de infección: Teniasis intestinal (tenias maduras) e infestación por cisticercos que ...
RICARDO FERNÁNDEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, CORAL GONZÁLEZ FERNÁNDEZ, JORGE GUITIÁN DELTELL   +2 more
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Challenges and opportunities in detecting Taenia solium tapeworm carriers in Los Angeles County California, 2009–2014

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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Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosis [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001
Taenia solium is a parasite that causes human cysticercosis. Its life cycle includes the adult stage, the egg and the larval stage. Human cysticercosis is a disease related to underdevelopment, the main clinical manifestation is neurocysticercosis. Control measures include mass cestocidal treatment aimed to cure possible taeniosis cases.
Flisser, Ana, Lightowlers, Marshall W
openaire   +4 more sources

The epidemiology of Taenia spp. infection and Taenia solium cysticerci exposure in humans in the Central Highlands of Vietnam

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Vietnam is endemic for taeniasis and T. solium cysticercosis. Despite this, information on the epidemiological characteristics of the diseases in the Central Highlands of Vietnam are poorly described.
Dinh Ng-Nguyen, Mark Anthony Stevenson, Kathleen Breen, Trong Van Phan, Van-Anh Thi Nguyen, Tinh Van Vo, Rebecca Justine Traub   +6 more
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A retrospective study of Taenia spp. in Cuban patients: what does molecular analysis tell us?

Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2021
Taeniosis is a neglected disease, particularly in developing countries, and is caused by infection with the adult tapeworm of either Taenia solium, Taenia saginata, and Taenia asiatica. Of these, T.
Luis Enrique Jerez Puebla, Fidel A. Núñez Fernández, Jorge Fraga Nodarse, Raul Cordovi Prado, Iraís Atencio Millán, Iredys Cruz Rodríguez, Rigoberto Fimia Duarte, Marina del Carmen Sánchez Romero, Sahily de la Caridad Ortega Medina, Ubaldo del Risco, Lissette Pérez Santos, Lucy J. Robertson   +11 more
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