Cysticercus antibodies and antigens in serum from blood donors from Pondicherry, India

Parija, Subhash Chandra; Balamurungan, N.; Sahu, Priyadarshi Soumyaranjan; Subbaiah, S.P.

doi:10.1590/s0036-46652005000400010

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“…In a seroprevalence study in and around Chandigarh, anti-cysticercus antibodies was found to be 17.3% with highest prevalence (24%) reported from slum areas; however only 8% of the sero-postives had previous history of seizure (Khurana et al 2006;Saigal et al 1984). Cysticercosis sero-prevalence among the healthy blood donors from Pondicherry was 6.5% using both antigen and antibody detection methods (Parija et al 2005). The prevalence of taeniasis ranged from 0.5-2% in hospitalized patients in northern India, 12-15% in labour colonies where pigs are raised (Mahajan et al 1982).…”

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Human cysticercosis and Indian scenario: a review

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Cysticercosis, caused by Taenia solium larva is a major public health problem,especially in the developing world and neurocysticercosis (NCC) is considered to be the most common parasitic infestation of the central nervous system. NCC is identified as the single most common cause of community acquired active epilepsy; 26.3% to 53.8% active epilepsy cases in the developing world including India and Latin America are due to NCC.It is also becoming more common in the developed world because of increased migration of people with the disease or Taenia solium carriers and frequent travel to the endemic countries. It is estimated that three quarters of the estimated 50 million people with active epilepsy live in the poor countries of the world. Recent Indian studies using neuroimaging techniques suggest that the disease burden in India surpasses many other developing countries. Hence it is important to know the epidemiology,pathogenesis and diagnostic criteria so as to assess the disease burden and adopt interventional strategies for its control.Literature search was done for this review with special emphasis on Indian studies to create awareness about the disease in India,since cysticercosis is preventable and potentially eradicable.

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Human cysticercosis and Indian scenario: a review

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“…Human cysticercosis results from the ingestion of food, water and vegetables contaminated with T. solium eggs or even by autoinfection in case of persons with intestinal taeniasis. The central nervous system (CNS) is the most common site of severe symptomatic infection where the condition is referred to as NCC 23 .…”

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A serological study of cysticercosis in patients with HIV

Parija

Gireesh

2009

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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Neurocysticercosis (NCC) has attained the importance of one of the most common cause of focal brain lesions in patients infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). Adequate data regarding the rate of this co-infection is lacking. Therefore, the present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of cysticercosis among HIV patients residing in Puducherry or its neighboring districts of Tamil Nadu State, India. A total of one hundred blood samples were collected from HIV seropositive cases visiting JIPMER hospital, Puducherry, between June 2007 and May 2008. Enzyme immunotransfer blot (EITB) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to demonstrate anti- T. solium larval stage antibodies and Co-agglutination (Co-A) test was used to detect T. solium larval stage antigens in sera. Two HIV seropositive cases were found positive for anti-T. solium larval stage antibody by EITB and four were positive by ELISA. Only one sample was positive by both EITB and ELISA. No serum sample was found positive for T. solium larval stage antigen by Co-A test. The overall seropositivity detected by all the methods was 5% in this study group. The accurate clinical diagnosis of NCC in HIV is difficult due to deranged immunological parameters in the HIV infected patients. The results of this study provides important data on the prevalence of cysticercosis in HIV positive patients in Puducherry and neighboring areas which was previously unknown. This study will also increase awareness among physicians and public health agencies about T. solium cysticercosis in the selected group.

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“…Data from different studies have shown that the prevalence of human taeniasis varies from 2.5% to 8.0% in India and the disease burden of neurocysticercosis causing active epilepsy is about one per 1000 population. 6 Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease caused by Taenia solium. Humans are the only known definitive host for the organism and neurocysticercosis occurs when the human acts as an intermediate host after ingestion of its egg present in food contaminated with faeces of the tapeworm carrier.…”

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A case of racemose and intraventricular neurocysticercosis in an unusual location

Singh

2021

South African Journal of Radiology

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Racemose and intraventricular neurocysticercosis are uncommon types of neurocysticercosis, resulting in a multiloculated, grape-like cluster appearance in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces. A male patient presented with symptoms of raised intracranial pressure and demonstrated racemose neurocysticercosis at an atypical location involving the region of the crus of the fornix at the level of the body of lateral ventricles on magnetic resonance imaging. Associated intraventricular neurocysticercosis was seen in the atrium of the left lateral ventricle and fourth ventricle.

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Cysticercus antibodies and antigens in serum from blood donors from Pondicherry, India

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Human cysticercosis and Indian scenario: a review

Human cysticercosis and Indian scenario: a review

A serological study of cysticercosis in patients with HIV

A case of racemose and intraventricular neurocysticercosis in an unusual location

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