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Human taeniasis: current insights into prevention and management strategies in endemic countries

open access: yesRisk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2017
Human taeniasis is a zoonotic condition resulting from infection with the adult stages of Taenia saginata (“beef tapeworm”), Taenia solium (“pork tapeworm”) or Taenia asiatica (“Asian tapeworm”).
A. Okello, L. Thomas
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in urban settings: Epidemiological evidence from a health-center based study among people with epilepsy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019
In Africa, urbanization is happening faster than ever before which results in new implications for transmission of infectious diseases. For the zoonotic parasite Taenia solium, a major cause of acquired epilepsy in endemic countries, the prevalence in ...
V. Schmidt   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neurocysticercosos in South-Central America and the Indian Subcontinent: a comparative evaluation

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1997
Neurocysticercosis is an important public health problem in South-Central America and South Asia. A review of the differences in epidemiological and clinical attributes of cysticercosis and taeniasis in South Central America and India, respectively, is ...
Gagandeep Singh
doaj   +1 more source

Verifying Elimination Programs with a Special Emphasis on Cysticercosis Endpoints and Postelimination Surveillance

open access: yesJournal of Parasitology Research, 2012
Methods are needed for determining program endpoints or postprogram surveillance for any elimination program. Cysticercosis has the necessary effective strategies and diagnostic tools for establishing an elimination program; however, tools to verify ...
Sukwan Handali, Yudi Pawitan
doaj   +1 more source

Bayesian modelling to estimate the test characteristics of coprology, coproantigen ELISA and a novel real‐time PCR for the diagnosis of taeniasis [PDF]

open access: bronze, 2013
Nicolas Praet   +10 more
openalex   +1 more source

Myelopathy secondary to cerebral and spinal neurocysticercosis [PDF]

open access: yesHorizonte Médico, 2016
Neurocysticercosis is the most common CNS parasitic disease but spinal presentation of this condition is rare, with a higher incidence in developing countries like ours.
Carlos Huaraca-Hilario   +2 more
doaj  

Geospatial and age-related patterns of Taenia solium taeniasis in the rural health zone of Kimpese, Democratic Republic of Congo

open access: hybrid, 2016
Joule Madinga   +13 more
openalex   +2 more sources

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