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The Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Rwanda: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Rwanda is among the African countries affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This scoping review aims to synthesize available information to understand the prevalence, incidence, distribution, morbidity, mortality, and risk factors of NTDs in Rwanda.
Mutsaka-Makuvaza MJ, Binuyo MO, Cyuzuzo C, Igizeneza A, Sinumvayo JP, Ajakaye OG, Enabulele EE, Chinwadzimba Z, Agwu E, Midzi N.   +9 more
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Baseline Assessment of Taeniasis and Cysticercosis Infections in a High-Priority Region for Taenia solium Control in Colombia [PDF]

Pathogens
Franco-Muñoz C, Jurado Guacaneme M, Castillo Ayala S, Duque-Beltrán S, Arévalo A, Rojas Díaz M, Trujillo Trujillo J, Borras Reyes L, Vásquez Arteaga L, Giraldo Forero J, Olivera M.   +10 more
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Acute Cholecystitis Due to Taeniasis: A Case Report of an Unusual Site of Taenia saginata or Taenia asiatica Infection. [PDF]

Am J Case Rep
Namsathimaphorn K, Daroontum T, Sanit S, Aimim-Arnant W, Wannasai K.   +4 more
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Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis: extinction or outbreak

Animal Diseases, 2023
Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis are neglected zoonotic diseases that affect human health and economies of developing countries. In this work, we formulate and analyze deterministic and continuous time Markov chain (CTMC) stochastic models to ...
Jacob I. Irunde, Faraja B. Luhanda
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Optimal control analysis of Taenia saginata bovine cysticercosis and human taeniasis

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2022
Bovine cysticercosis and human taeniasis are neglected food-borne diseases that pose challenge to food safety, human health and livelihood of rural livestock farmers.
Joshua A. Mwasunda, Jacob I. Irunde, Damian Kajunguri, Dmitry Kuznetsov   +3 more
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Intestinal Perforation Due to Adult Tapeworm of : A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2022
Taeniasis is an intestinal helminth infection due to adult tapeworms belonging to the genus Taenia. Taeniasis remains a major burden in low-income countries in Asia.
Raju Bhandari, Rajan Chamlagain, Edward Sutanto, Hammad Adam, Anil Dhungana, Aishnath Azna Ali, Bimochan Piya, Abdulla Ubaid, Andreas Neumayr   +8 more
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A Large Case Series of Neurocysticercosis in Kuwait, a Nonendemic Arabian Gulf Country in the Middle East Region

Microorganisms, 2021
Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a leading global cause of severe progressive headache and epilepsy, in developed or affluent countries is mostly diagnosed among immigrants from poor or developing Taenia solium taeniasis-endemic countries. Taeniasis carriers in
Jamshaid Iqbal, Suhail Ahmad, Mohammad Al-Awadhi, Amir Masud, Zainab Mohsin, Abdullah Y. Abdulrasoul, Khalifa Albenwan, Nadia Alenezi, Fatima AlFarsi   +8 more
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Human taeniasis infection (Taenia saginata): a complex public health problem. Case report

Case Reports, 2020
Introduction: Taeniasis is a zoonosis that can be found worldwide. It is relatively easy to diagnose and its treatment is currently effective. This paper describes the follow-up of a case with persistent refractory taeniasis.
Shirley Natali Iza, José Alejandro Iza, Julián Felipe Porras-Villamil, Mario Javier Olivera   +3 more
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Improved methods to capture the total societal benefits of zoonotic disease control: Demonstrating the cost-effectiveness of an integrated control programme for Taenia solium, soil transmitted helminths and classical swine fever in northern Lao PDR. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BACKGROUND:Control and elimination of zoonotic diseases requires robust information about their effect on both human and livestock health in order to enable policy formulation and the allocation of resources.
Walter O Okello, Anna L Okello, Phouth Inthavong, Tassilo Tiemann, Ammaly Phengsivalouk, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Alexandra Shaw, John Allen   +7 more
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices to Foodborne Zoonotic Diseases and Their Associated Factors in and Around Debre Tabor City, Northwest Ethiopia. [PDF]

Vet Med Int
Background: Foodborne zoonotic diseases are a widespread public health problem globally. Infections are naturally transmitted between animals and humans through food. Materials and Methods: A cross‐sectional study was conducted from January to June 2024 to evaluate the awareness of foodborne zoonotic diseases and their associated factors in and around ...
Abebaw B, Assefie S.
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