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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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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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A Spatial Autocorrelation Method for Taenia solium Risk Mapping: The Case of Lao PDR

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: The World Health Organization has identified Taenia solium mapping tools as an important development for intensifying control in hyperendemic areas. Taenia solium has also been identified as a priority by the Lao PDR government.
Andrew Larkins, Mieghan Bruce, Amanda Ash   +2 more
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Taenia larvae possess distinct acetylcholinesterase profiles with implications for host cholinergic signalling.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Larvae of the cestodes Taenia solium and Taenia crassiceps infect the central nervous system of humans. Taenia solium larvae in the brain cause neurocysticercosis, the leading cause of adult-acquired epilepsy worldwide.
Anja de Lange, Ulrich Fabien Prodjinotho, Hayley Tomes, Jana Hagen, Brittany-Amber Jacobs, Katherine Smith, William Horsnell, Chummy Sikasunge, Dorit Hockman, Murray E Selkirk, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Joseph Valentino Raimondo   +11 more
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Taenia solium in the Anterior Chamber: Surgical Management of a Rare Case of Live Free-Floating Parasite

Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2021
Ocular cysticercosis is a preventable cause of blindness. It is a parasitic infestation caused by Cysticercus cellulosae—which is the larval form of Taenia solium. In 1829, Soemmering reported the first case of a live anterior chamber cysticercosis.
Amrit Banstola, Sweta Singh, Sarita Maharjan, Gyanendra Lamichhane, Anadi Khatri   +4 more
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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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Taenia solium in Europe: Still endemic? [PDF]

, 2017
The pork tapeworm Taenia solium causes an important economic and health burden, mainly in rural or marginalized communities of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin-America.
Trevisan, Chiara, Sotiraki, Smaragda, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Allepuz, Alberto, Johansen, Maria V, Dorny, Pierre, Gabriël, Sarah, Dermauw, Veronique, Laranjo-González, Minerva, Smit, G. Suzanne A., Wardrop, Nicola A.   +10 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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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.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundTaenia 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. solium
Dinh Ng-Nguyen, Mark A Stevenson, Pierre Dorny, Sarah Gabriël, Tinh Van Vo, Van-Anh Thi Nguyen, Trong Van Phan, Sze Fui Hii, Rebecca J Traub   +8 more
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Cisticercosis lingual. Diagnóstico, manejo clínico y tratamiento de un caso clínico Lingual cysticercosis. Diagnosis, clinical management and treatment of a clinical case

Revista de la Asociación Odontológica Argentina, 2023
Resumen Objetivo: La cisticercosis es una infección causada por el estado larvario de la tenia del cerdo, Taenia solium. La cavidad bucal es un sitio raro para su localización y representa un desafío diagnóstico para los odontólogos. Se presenta un caso
Ricardo Caciva, Martin Brusa, Carolina Gonzalez, María Eloísa Garay   +3 more
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