Neurocysticercosis, a Persisting Health Problem in Mexico

Neurocysticercosis, a Persisting Health Problem in Mexico

BACKGROUND The ongoing epidemiological transition in Mexico minimizes the relative impact of neurocysticercosis (NC) on public health. However, hard data on the disease frequency are not available. METHODOLOGY All clinical records from patients admitted in the Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia (INNN) at Mexico City in 1994 and 2004 were revised. The frequencies of hospitalized N...

Neurocysticercosis a public health problem

Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease of the central nervous system that constitutes a public health problem in endemic regions. Here, we present a patient with epilepsy and cognitive impairment due to neurocysticercosis. A public health intervention could eradicate this disease in endemic regions such as Ecuador.

Epidemiology of Neurocysticercosis in Mexico: From a Public Health Problem to Its Control

Neurocysticercosis May No Longer Be a Public Health Problem in Mexico

The Joint Coordinating Board of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) of the World Health Organization in its 25th session in June 2002 endorsed the ‘‘Disease Entry/Exit Strategy’’ within the TDR research portfolio [1]. Here we are using this concept to show how neurocysticercosis (NCC) ‘‘entered’’ as a public health problem and provide data to support why i...

Neurocysticercosis is still prevalent in Mexico.

In this work, we report the published cases of human and porcine cysticercosis, as well as Taenia solium taeniasis diagnosed in Mexico during the last 10 years. Numerical data allow us to state that this disease remains as a public health problem in our country. Whereas efficient tools have been developed for the diagnosis and prevention of cysticercosis, we strongly recommend further measures ...