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A Cross-Sectional Study of People with Epilepsy and Neurocysticercosis in Tanzania: Clinical Characteristics and Diagnostic Approaches. [PDF]

, 2011
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a major cause of epilepsy in regions where pigs are free-ranging and hygiene is poor. Pork production is expected to increase in the next decade in sub-Saharan Africa, hence NCC will likely become more prevalent. In this study,
Patricia P Wilkins, Paige N Gupton, Blocher, J., Auer, H., Wilkins, P.P., Matuja, W., Matuja William, Gotwald, Thaddaeus, Gupton Paige N., Schmutzhard, E., Winkler, A.S., Thaddaeus Gotwald, Matthias Schaffert, Schmutzhard Erich, Auer Herbert, Matuja, William, Schmutzhard, Erich, Patricia P. Wilkins, Gupton, P.N., Schaffert Matthias, Andrea S. Winkler, Gupton, Paige N, Wilkins, Patricia P., Wilkins, Patricia P, Gotwald Thaddaeus, Schaffert, M., Schaffert, Matthias, Winkler, Andrea Sylvia, Gotwald, T., Joachim Blocher, Andrea S Winkler, Herbert Auer, Erich Schmutzhard, Winkler Andrea S., Gupton, Paige N., Winkler, Andrea S, William Matuja, Paige N. Gupton, Wilkins Patricia P., Blocher, Joachim, Auer, Herbert, Blocher Joachim   +41 more
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Taenia Solium Sneezed out from Nose by an Asymptomatic Child

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2017
Taenia solium is an intestinal parasite and may be excreted in feces in infected patients but our case is unique, as an asymptomatic child sneezed out the proglottids of the parasite from his nose.
Narayan Dutt Pant, Manisha Sharma, Sanjeev Neupane   +2 more
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Real time loop mediated isothermal amplification assay of urine for diagnosis of neurocysticercosis: Preliminary observations from a tertiary care center in North India

Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is one of the commonly Neglected tropical disease worldwide. Improvement in Living conditions with better diagnostics can reduce the incidence of this disease.
Gunjan Goyal, Anil Chandra Phukan, Masaraf Hussain, Vivek Lal, Manish Modi, Manoj Kumar Goyal, Karthik vinay Mahesh, Rakesh Sehgal   +7 more
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Suppression of Host Th1-Type Granulomatous Inflammation by Taenia Solium Metacestodes Is Related to down-Regulation of Osteopontin Gene Expression

, 2009
Inflammation and granuloma formation in human neurocysticercosis has been attributed to Th1-type immune responses of the host. In the present murine model, over 94% of Taenia solium metacestodes were viable and elicited no granulomatous inflammation ...
WANG, I-CHUANG;FAN, PING-CHIN;LU, SEN- CHI;FAN, CHIA-KWUNG;SU, KUA-EYRE, 王以莊;范秉真;呂森吉;范家;蘇霩靄   +1 more
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Inquérito epidemiológico sobre teníase em população do programa saúde da família no município de Uberaba, MG Epidemiologic survery of teniasis in health and family program in Uberaba, MG

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2005
Foi realizado inquérito para avaliar alguns aspectos epidemiológicos da teníase em 100.144 indivíduos do Programa Saúde da Família. Foram identificados 185 (0,2%) indivíduos com antecedentes de teníase.
Flavia Maria Esteves, Mario León Silva-Vergara, Ângela C.F. Banzatto de Carvalho   +2 more
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Population genetic structure of Taenia solium from Madagascar and Mexico: implications for clinical profile diversity and immunological technology

, 2003
Taenia solium is a cestode parasitic of humans and pigs that strongly impacts on public health in developing countries. Its larvae (cysticercus) lodge in the brain, causing neurocysticercosis, and in other tissues, like skeletal muscle and subcutaneous ...
Vega, R., Fragoso, G., Ramanankandrasana, B., Bouteille, B., Piñero, D., Fleury, A., Sciutto, E., Dumas, M., Larralde, C.   +8 more
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Seroprevalence of major bovine-associated zoonotic infectious diseases in the Lao People's Democratic Republic

, 2012
Bovine-associated zoonotic infectious diseases pose a significant threat to human health in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). In all, 905 cattle and buffalo serum samples collected in northern Lao PDR in 2006 were used to determine ...
Khounsy, S, Blacksell, S. D., Thompson, R.C.A., Blacksell, SD, Fenwick, Stanley, Blacksell, S.D., Conlan, J.V., Vongxay, K., Thompson, R. C., Dorny, P., Thompson, RC Andrew, Khounsy, Syseng, Blacksell, Stuart D, Thompson, RC, Khounsy, S., Fenwick, S., Vongxay, K, Dorny, Pierre, Conlan, JV, Conlan, James V, Fenwick, S, Dorny, P, Conlan, J. V., Vongxay, Khamphouth   +23 more
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Testing pigs of non-technified rearing farms for serum antibodies against Taenia solium in a region of the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2016
: Taenia solium is a zoonotic tapeworm of great importance in developing countries, due to the occurrence of human taeniasis and cysticercosis. Pigs have an important role in the biological cycle of the parasite as intermediate hosts.
Gabriel A.M. Rossi, Henrique M.S. Almeida, Rafaella P.M. Guimarães-Peixoto, Emílio C. Acevedo-Nieto, Paulo S.A. Pinto, Ana Maria C. Vidal, Luis A. Mathias, Luis G. Oliveira   +7 more
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Long-term albendazole therapy for diffuse parenchymal neurocysticercosis in an immunocompetent patient: A case report

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2023
Rationale: Neurocysticercosis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the larvae of Taenia solium and may occur in immunocompetent people. We report a case of diffuse parenchymal neurocysticercosis mimicking tuberculous meningitis in an immunocompetent
Paulus Sugianto, Abdulloh Machin, Wardah Rahmatul Islamiyah, Cindy Cecilia   +3 more
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Eosinophilia in the Tropics: Should Empirical Anthelmintic Treatment Be Considered Standard Practice? A Prospective Cohort Study

Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Eosinophilia is a common clinical finding with diverse etiologies. Helminthiasis is a major aetiology in tropical regions, but data from haematology consultation services at tertiary centres in endemic settings are limited. Objectives To determine the prevalence of helminthiasis among patients with eosinophilia at a tropical ...
Smith Kungwankiattichai, Patsharaporn T. Sarasombath, Pattaraporn Tunsing, Weerapat Owattanapanich   +3 more
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