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Seroprevalence of Taenia solium and Trichinella spiralis among Humans and Pigs in Ghana
BioMed Research International, 2021 In this study, the seroprevalence of the intestinal worms Taenia solium and Trichinella spiralis in humans and pigs was assessed. A cross-sectional serological study design was performed.
H. O. Addo +7 more
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Host immune responses during Taenia solium Neurocysticercosis infection and treatment
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis (TSCT), caused by the tapeworm T. solium, is a foodborne and zoonotic disease classified since 2010 by WHO as a neglected tropical isease.
Ulrich F Prodjinotho +8 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007 The efficacy of whole parasite and vesicular fluid antigen extracts from Taenia solium and Taenia crassiceps cysticerci for immunodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis was evaluated using ELISA on cerebrospinal fluid samples.
Lisandra Akemi Suzuki +3 more
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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 +4 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020 Background Preventive chemotherapy is a useful tool for the control of Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the scientific evidence concerning the effectiveness and safety of different drugs in ...
M. Haby +5 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 +2 more
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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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Evidence for potential elimination of active Taenia solium transmission in Africa?
New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 Eliminating Taenia solium Transmission in Africa Taenia solium causes cysticercosis. Control of the zoonotic reservoir is an important component of eliminating this disease.
S. Gabriël +19 more
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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
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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 +6 more
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