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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019 The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is among the leading causes of preventable epilepsy in the world and is common in rural areas of developing countries where sanitation is limited and pigs have access to human feces.
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019 The pig is the natural intermediate host of Taenia solium, a parasite causing significant burden of disease in both humans and pigs. Porcine cysticercosis is traditionally detected via tongue palpation and slaughterhouse meat inspection, both with ...
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Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 2025.Abstract The Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has carried out an updated review of the scientific evidence on the influence of climate change on the transmission of foodborne pathogens. This global phenomenon represents an emerging threat to food safety and public health, since alterations in weather ...
Antonio Valero Díaz +6 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2017 BackgroundThe pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, and associated human infections, taeniasis, cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis, are serious public health problems, especially in developing countries.
P. Winskill +5 more
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Rare Infectious Diseases: Detection and Clinical Implications
iLABMED, Volume 3, Issue 2, Page 148-157, June 2025.Rare infectious diseases are infections that are uncommon, have a low incidence, and are caused by newly emerging pathogens, cross‐species or ectopic infections, or host immunodeficiencies. The detection and diagnosis of rare infections is one of the main reasons for misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis.
Xin Qian +7 more
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Investigating a hyper-endemic focus of Taenia solium in northern Lao PDR
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background The Taenia solium cysticercosis-taeniasis complex is a Neglected Tropical Disease of significant public health importance in many impoverished communities worldwide.
Anna Okello +7 more
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Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: Western Europe
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background Taenia solium and Taenia saginata are zoonotic parasites of public health importance. Data on their occurrence in humans and animals in western Europe are incomplete and fragmented.
Minerva Laranjo-González +31 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Target Product Profiles (TPPs) are process tools providing product requirements to guide researchers, developers and manufacturers in their efforts to develop effective and useful products such as biologicals, drugs or diagnostics.
M. Donadeu +3 more
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Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2025.• Porcine cysticercosis is endemic in pigs raised in Makurdi slaughterhouses. The prevalence is observed to be higher in older pigs, suggesting that age may be a potential risk factor. • Cysticerci were predominantly found in the shoulder muscles of pig carcasses, highlighting the part as a critical focus for future interventions.
Alex A. Adikwu +7 more
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Detection of Taenia solium DNA in the Urine of Neurocysticercosis Patients.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019 Neurocysticercosis (NCC), caused by Taenia solium larvae that reside in the central nervous system, results in serious public health and medical issues in many regions of the world.
L. Toribio +7 more
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