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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Enduring Challenge of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Khartoum State, Sudan. [PDF]

J Trop Med
Background Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) disproportionately affect impoverished populations in tropical regions. Despite their significant health burden, data on NTD prevalence and distribution are limited in many areas, including Khartoum State, Sudan.
Rahamtalla BM.
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Impact of Health Education Interventions for Control of <i>Taenia solium</i> Cysticercosis/Taeniasis in Endemic Countries: A Systematic Review. [PDF]

Public Health Chall
This systematic review assessed health education interventions for controlling Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis. Of 392 studies screened, 21 met the inclusion criteria. Findings showed that community‐based education improved knowledge, attitudes and practices, with short‐term behavioural changes and reduced prevalence, although long‐term impact ...
Nyangi C, Mkupasi EM, Ngowi HA, Mahonge C, Winkler AS.   +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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The Brief Case: Tastes of travel—intestinal importation [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Lydia M. Mendoza, Blaine Mathison, Aliya Rehman, Paul M. Luethy   +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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Evidence for Transmission of Taenia solium Taeniasis/Cysticercosis in a Rural Area of Northern Rwanda

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by the metacestode larval stage (cysticercus) of Taenia solium. In humans, cysticercosis may infect the central nervous system and cause neurocysticercosis, which is responsible for over 50,000 deaths per ...
Lucrecia Acosta Soto, Lucy Anne Parker, Lucy Anne Parker, María José Irisarri-Gutiérrez, María José Irisarri-Gutiérrez, Javier Arturo Bustos, Javier Arturo Bustos, Yesenia Castillo, Erika Perez, Carla Muñoz-Antoli, José Guillermo Esteban, Héctor Hugo García, Héctor Hugo García, Fernando Jorge Bornay-Llinares   +13 more
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Risk factors for Taenia solium taeniasis: A case-control study in Lao PDR. [PDF]

Trop Med Int Health
Abstract Introduction Neurocysticercosis due to Taenia solium is the leading cause of epilepsy in low and middle‐income countries yet remains under investigated in Lao PDR (Laos). People shedding T. solium eggs or proglottids from the adult tapeworm are the source of infection for those with cysticercosis.
Larkins A, Boyd D, Duangmala V, Insisiengmay B, Chittavong M, Ash A.   +5 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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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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