Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by larval form of Taenia solium. Humans become the intermediate hosts for this parasite when the eggs are consumed through contaminated food and water. It is endemic in India. Approximately 50 million people worldwide are infected with the Taeniasis/Cysticercosis complex and 50,000 succumb to death annually. The commonest site of cysticercosis is ce...

BACKGROUND Both epilepsy and paragonimiasis had been known to be endemic in Southwest Cameroon. A total of 188 people (168 and 20 with and without symptoms confirmed by clinicians, respectively, 84.6% under 20 years old) were selected on a voluntary basis. Among 14 people (8.3%) with history of epilepsy, only one suffered from paragonimiasis. Therefore, we challenged to check antibody responses...

A survey was conducted in 150 households owning 1756 pigs in the rural areas of Mayo-Danay division in the north of Cameroon. A questionnaire survey was carried out to collect information on the pig-farming system and to identify potential risk factors for Taenia solium cysticercosis infection in pigs. Blood samples were collected from 398 pigs with the aim of estimating the seroprevalence of T...

Human Taenia solium cysticercosis is a major cause of epilepsy in developing countries, and porcine infection causes widespread economic losses because of infested pork. Recently, the use of oxfendazole (OFZ) for porcine cysticercosis provided, for the first time, an effective, single-dose treatment. We performed a controlled study to determine the time required between treatment with a single ...

Neurocysticercoris is a systemic infection of the CNS by the Taenia solium or cysticerca (Escobar, Nieto & Aruffo, 1983). Epileptic-like attacks are the main clinical sign, followed by various mental disorders in about 10% of the cases (Cendes & Ferreira, 1986; Grisolia & Wiederholt, 1982). Gomez, Bustamante and !Sanchez (1985) mention 8% mental changes in their Colombian studies while Ramirez ...

This review concerning the status of taeniasis/cysticercosis in China has been compiled from various reports of studies conducted over the past 30 years, most of which have appeared in national publications in Chinese. Previous hospital reports and epidemiologic surveys have indicated that taeniasis/ cysticercosis has been distributed throughout 671 counties in 29 provinces or prefectures of Ch...

Cysticercosis is caused by Taenia solium, a parasitic disease that affects humans and rurally bred pigs in developing countries. The cysticercus may localize in the central nervous system of the human, causing neurocysticercosis, the most severe and frequent form of the disease. There appears to be an association between the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis and domestic pigs that wander free...

Taenia solium is a parasite that causes human cysticercosis. Its life cycle includes the adult stage, the egg and the larval stage. Human cysticercosis is a disease related to underdevelopment, the main clinical manifestation is neurocysticercosis. Control measures include mass cestocidal treatment aimed to cure possible taeniosis cases. Although useful it has certain disadvantages, such as the...

A 65-yearold woman with no known malignancy had lower extremity swelling, fever, and weakness of the left extremity. She gave a history of multiple trips to Mexico. Plain and enhanced head CT scans showed multiple calcified enhancing lesions located throughout the brain parenchyma (Fig. 1). The presumptive diagnosis was infectious disease, such as tuberculosis, fungal infection, or cysticercosi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A probable association between cerebral cysticercosis and susceptibility to stroke, especially among young and middle-aged patients, has been reported. We examined the association between cerebral cysticercosis and stroke and the possible factors causing this association. METHODS In 169 stroke patients (75 males and 94 females) under 65 years of age admitted to our neur...