Not only Taenia solium and Taenia saginata, but also Taenia asiatica infects humans. The last species is not included in the evaluation of the specificity of the immunodiagnostic techniques for taeniasis/cysticercosis. There is currently no specific immunodiagnostic method for T. asiatica available. Therefore, due to the fact that molecular techniques (the only tool to distinguish the 3 Taenia ...

Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by Taenia solium, and occurs worldwide but endemic to countries in Central South America, Africa various parts of Asia. Outside areas, common presentations included central nervous system infections rarely muscle infections. We present case report 32-year-old man presenting with soft tissue lesion his left trapezius muscle. The was imaged MRI suspec...

Methanol extracts from the leaves and stems of Euphorbia microphylla Linn milii were investigated for their activity against Fasciola gigantica, Taenia solium Pheritima pasthuma, respectively. Five concentrations (10–100mg/ml) each extract studied in bioassay, which involved determination time paralysis death worms. All exhibited con-siderable anthelmintic activities, order sensitivity to worms...

Cysticercosis, the infection of the larval tissue stage of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is endemic to most developing countries and increasingly is seen in industrialized countries because of immigration. Human infection is a major cause of acquired epilepsy, and porcine infection causes important economic losses to farm workers. Clinical manifestations vary because of the variable number,...

Humans acquire taeniasis by ingesting pork meat infected with Taenia solium cysticerci, which are the only definitive hosts of the adult stage (tapeworm) and responsible for transmitting the human and porcine cysticercosis. Hence, detection of human tapeworm carriers is a key element in the development of viable strategies to control the disease. This paper presents the identification of specif...

Control or eradication of Taenia solium cysticercosis has been achieved to date only in Europe and North America. Significant improvements in sanitary conditions and developing functional slaughterhouse control systems were primarily responsible for control in these regions. Conversely, in endemic areas of developing countries control is limited by economic and sanitary conditions: the life cyc...

After collecting calcareous corpuscles from plerocercoid of Spirometra mansoni (sparganum), we evaluated the antigenic values of calcareous corpuscles binding proteins obtained from the cyst fluid of Taenia solium metacestodes. Immunoblot analysis revealed that cysticercosis patient sera strongly recognized 10 and 95 kDa calcareous corpuscles binding proteins. This result demonstrated that calc...