Cerebral cysticercosis

Tandon, P. N.

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“…The considerable difference in patterns of village transmission and presentation are probably due to differences in cultural behavior. The discrepancy between low rates of tapeworm infection and high rates of cyst infections in humans has also been noted in India (20), New Guinea (18), and Mexico (19).…”

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Epidemiology of Taeniasis and Cysticercosis in a Peruvian Village

Diaz

Garcı́a

Gilman

et al. 1992

American Journal of Epidemiology

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To determine the prevalence of cysticercosis in a rural area where the disease is endemic, the authors studied the seroepidemiology of human and porcine cysticercosis in a Peruvian jungle community (Maceda, Peru) in 1988 using an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay. Of the 371 sampled inhabitants, 30 (8%) were seropositive, most of whom were asymptomatic. After niclosamide therapy, four Taenia species worms were identified in the seropositive group, compared with one in the control group (p = 0.06). Pigs were frequently infected: 44 of 133 (33%) were found positive for Taenia by tongue examination and 57 of 133 (43%) were positive by EITB. In 69% of the sampled households that had pigs, there was at least one seropositive pig. The number of pigs diagnosed positive by the tongue examination was significantly greater in households that had latrines than in those that did not. Cysticercosis is a common but usually asymptomatic infection that affects both humans and pigs in the high jungle areas of Peru. Keywords cysticercosis; environmental monitoring; immunoblotting; swine; Taenia; toilet facilities; transfer blot Cysticercosis is a disease endemic in most developing countries where pigs are raised (1). In both Mexico and Peru, more than 10 percent of neurologic patients receiving acute care have serologic evidence of Taenia solium infection (2, 3). Humans acquire cysticercosis by ingesting T. solium eggs from human feces either directly or indirectly, through contaminated food or water. The eggs mature into larvae, which invade the intestinal wall, Copyright © 1992 Europe PMC Funders Author ManuscriptsEurope PMC Funders Author Manuscripts muscle, brain, and other tissues. Pigs also acquire cysticercosis in the same manner. Humans develop taeniasis after ingesting raw or poorly cooked pork or beef that contains the larval form of T. solium or Taenia saginata. Larvae invaginate the small intestine of humans and develop into adult tapeworms. The tapeworm produces eggs after 3 months and may survive for years, thus spreading cysticercosis in both humans and pigs (4, pages 609-25).Rational programs to control cysticercosis cannot be developed until the epidemiology of the disease is better understood. The true incidence of cysticercosis in both human and pig populations is unknown. The prevalence of porcine infection, based on meat inspections in Mexican slaughterhouses, has been estimated at 0.005-10 percent (5). However, many infected pigs are raised by small farmers, who often sell their pigs in informal markets where meat inspection is not performed. Since governmental and international agencies base their statistics for porcine cysticercosis on slaughterhouse statistics (6, 7), clandestine sale of meat results in a considerable underestimation of the true prevalence rates of porcine cysticercosis. For example, in Huancayo, a city of 500,000 inhabitants in the highlands of Peru, no pigs were registered as infected with cysticercosis (8), yet field surveys revealed that more than 30 per...

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Epidemiology of Taeniasis and Cysticercosis in a Peruvian Village

Diaz

Garcı́a

Gilman

et al. 1992

American Journal of Epidemiology

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“…My wife will become a mother. We only want your womb on rent’ ( Tandon , 1983, 28:11–28:25). This contemporary imagery of ‘wombs on rent’ (Majumdar, 2018, p. 4) is chalked for the intended parents in the movie.…”

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“…Why not when a woman can sell herself for a night; she is saleable for even a year. We will give how much money she wants’ ( Tandon , 1983, 16:35–16:45). Similarly, Madhu was offered a hefty sum to become the surrogate for Raj’s child.…”

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The Surrogacy Literacy of the Indian Surrogate: The Filmy Way

Kumar

2023

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According to narrative theories, fiction and non-fiction literature are text types that can manifest themselves in different mediums. Cinema is a medium that imitates both text types for a screenplay. However, when a non-fiction work is fictionalised for its cinematic representation, it invites urgent and special attention on the social front. This study investigates the sexual, social and economic typecasting of Indian surrogates through the lens of Indian cinema. The landscape of the media texts used for this study ranges from two prevalent practicing modes of surrogacy in India—the traditional form of surrogacy and the gestational form of surrogacy. The traditional form of surrogacy in this article is represented in the movies Doosri Dulhan (1983) and Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001), whereas the movie Mimi (2021) represents the gestational mode of surrogacy. These media texts often represent overtly fictionalised accounts of Indian surrogacy and considerably tamper the authenticated contents of Indian white paper documents on surrogacy. Anindita Majumdar talks about the ‘prostitute surrogate’, a type-casted representation of Indian surrogates, where the character of surrogates is that of sexually provocative women or prostitutes. For scrutinising this prototypical representation of surrogates, the methodological framework of this paper borrows arguments from Aristotle’s theory of mimesis and Seymour Chatman’s narrative theory. The article also advocates a nascent coinage—surrogacy literacy, a literary drive to keep a check on how surrogates are represented in films dealing with sensitive technology like assisted reproduction. The possible changes in such representation due to the new surrogacy law in India are also vital considerations of the article.

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“… 2 The pathological conditions manifested are usually the functional disturbance of the infected tissue such as seizure and visual impairment. 3 The oral cavity is a rare site of involvement by cysticercosis, even in an endemic area. 4 5 In addition, cysticercosis presenting as a nodule or mass in the tongue is even more rare.…”

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Oral Cysticercosis in a Pediatric Patient: A Rare Case Report with Review

Goenka

Sarawgi

Asopa

et al. 2016

International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

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Cysticercosis is a condition in which a human acts as the intermediate host of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Although cysticercosis is a common disease in some regions of the world and can occur in any body site, oral lesions are rare. In this report, we document the case of oral cysticercosis in a 10-year-old boy who sought treatment for an asymptomatic nodule on the dorsal surface of the tongue. A detailed history, thorough clinical examination, morphological appearance and the histopathologic findings of the excised cyst formed the basis for the diagnosis of the lesion.How to cite this article: Goenka P, Sarawgi A, Asopa K, Gumber P, Dutta S. Oral Cysticercosis in a Pediatric Patient: A Rare Case Report with Review. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2016;9(2):156-161.

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Cerebral cysticercosis

Cited by 10 publications

References 32 publications

Epidemiology of Taeniasis and Cysticercosis in a Peruvian Village

Epidemiology of Taeniasis and Cysticercosis in a Peruvian Village

The Surrogacy Literacy of the Indian Surrogate: The Filmy Way

Oral Cysticercosis in a Pediatric Patient: A Rare Case Report with Review

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