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Taenia solium in Europe: Still endemic? [PDF]

Acta Tropica, 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. Although improved pig rearing conditions seem to have eliminated the parasite in most Western European countries, little is known about the true endemicity status of T.
Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Allepuz, Alberto, Dermauw, Veronique, Johansen, Maria V, Laranjo-González, Minerva, Smit, G. Suzanne A., Sotiraki, Smaragda, Trevisan, Chiara, Wardrop, Nicola A., Dorny, Pierre, Gabriël, Sarah   +10 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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Genetic variability of Taenia saginata inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences [PDF]

, 2015
Taenia saginata is an important tapeworm, infecting humans in many parts of the world. The present study was undertaken to identify inter- and intraspecific variation of T.
Babaei, Z., Beech, R.N., Harandi, M.F., Rostami, S., Salavati, R., Sharbatkhori, M.   +5 more
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Spinal Taenia solium cysticercosis [PDF]

European Spine Journal, 2015
The recent publication of Cardenas et al. on spinal Taenia solium cysticercosis is very interesting [1]. In this report, the cases from Mexican and Indian neurological referral centers are compared. Cardenas et al. concluded for ‘‘the existence of differences in the clinical and radiological traits of SC patients between Asian and Latin-American ...
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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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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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Assessing the impact of intervention strategies against Taenia solium cysticercosis using the EPICYST transmission model [PDF]

, 2017
Background The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, and associated human infections, taeniasis, cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis, are serious public health problems, especially in developing countries.
Abela-Ridder, B, Basanez, MG, Dixon, M, French, M, Harrison, W, Winskill, P   +5 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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Risk ranking of foodborne parasites : state of the art [PDF]

, 2017
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Bouwknegt, Martijn, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Dorny, Pierre, Gabriël, Sarah, Havelaar, Arie H, Quoilin, Sophie, Robertson, Lucy J, Speybroeck, Niko, Torgerson, Paul R, Trevisan, Chiara, van der Giessen, Joke WB   +10 more
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