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Mass treatment of tapeworms for Taenia solium eradication. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
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Epidemiologia da teníase/cisticercose por Taenia solium e Taenia saginata Epidemiology of teniasis/cysticercosis by Taenia solium and Taenia saginata

Ciência Rural, 2000
No presente artigo, os autores fazem uma revisão dos aspectos epidemiológicos da teníase e cisticercose. A cisticercose é produzida pelo desenvolvimento da forma larval da Taenia, o Cysticercus, nos tecidos, sendo transmitida pela ingestão de ovos de ...
Márcia Regina Pfuetzenreiter, Fernando Dias de Ávila Pires   +1 more
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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
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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
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Application of Ziehl Neelsen Staining Method for Taenia spp. Eggs Differentiation

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2022
Background: Three of Taenia species, named Taenia saginata, T. solium and T. asiatica can be found in Indonesia, but only T. solium can lead to neurocysticercosis. The morphology of those 3 Taenia spp.
Machrumnizar Machrumizar, Arleen Devita, Yuliana Yuliana, Suriyani Tan   +3 more
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The challenges of detecting Taenia solium and neurocysticercosis in low and middle‐income countries: A scoping review of Lao People's Democratic Republic

Tropical medicine & international health, 2023
Taenia solium is a tapeworm of global importance due to the burden of disease associated with human epilepsy caused by neurocysticercosis. Unfortunately, diagnostic challenges impede control efforts in many low and middle‐income countries.
A. Larkins, S. Keatley, B. Insisiengmay, R. Phetsouvanh, M. Bruce, A. Ash   +5 more
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Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis: extinction or outbreak

Animal Diseases, 2023
Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis are neglected zoonotic diseases that affect human health and economies of developing countries. In this work, we formulate and analyze deterministic and continuous time Markov chain (CTMC) stochastic models to ...
Jacob I. Irunde, Faraja B. Luhanda
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The epidemiology of human Taenia solium infections: A systematic review of the distribution in Eastern and Southern Africa

medRxiv, 2022
Background: Taenia solium is a tapeworm that causes taeniosis in humans and cysticercosis in humans and pigs. Within Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), there are many countries in which information on the presence of human taeniosis and cysticercosis is ...
G. Zulu, D. Stelzle, K. Mwape, T. Welte, H. Strømme, Chishimba Mubanga, W. Mutale, Annette Abraham, Alex Hachangu, V. Schmidt, C. Sikasunge, I. Phiri, A. Winkler   +12 more
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Diagnosis of Taenia solium infections based on "mail order" RNA-sequencing of single tapeworm egg isolates from stool samples.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Combined community health programs aiming at health education, preventive anti-parasitic chemotherapy, and vaccination of pigs have proven their potential to regionally reduce and even eliminate Taenia solium infections that are associated with a high ...
Henrik Sadlowski, Veronika Schmidt, Jonathan Hiss, Johannes A Kuehn, Christian G Schneider, Gideon Zulu, Alex Hachangu, Chummy S Sikasunge, Kabemba E Mwape, Andrea S Winkler, Markus Schuelke   +10 more
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background Taenia solium cysticercosis/taeniasis (TSCT) is reported to be endemic in pig producing areas around the world, causing significant disease burden and economic losses.
Chacha Nyangi, D. Stelzle, E. Mkupasi, H. Ngowi, A. Churi, V. Schmidt, C. Mahonge, A. Winkler   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source