Taenia Solium Taeniasis and Neurocysticercosis in a Mexican Rural Family

Lara-Aguilera, R; Mendoza-Cruz, Joel F.; Martinez-Toledo, Jose Luis; Macias-Sanchez, Rogelio; Willms, Kaethe; Altamirano-Rojas, Lilia; Santamaria-Llano, Antonio

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1992.46.85

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“…However, an individual in one family was a tapeworm carrier, a fact that increases exposure to cysticercosis [30,31]. This does not explain the other 15 familial NC cases living in other less exposed households.…”

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High Prevalence of Calcified Silent Neurocysticercosis in a Rural Village of Mexico

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Human neurocysticercosis (NC) is a parasitic disease caused by Taenia solium when its larvae lodge in the central nervous system. NC prevalence estimates are obscured by the variable and often asymptomatic clinical picture. While infection depends on exposure, severity is possibly related with various host factors (immunity, genes and gender). This epidemiological study of cranial CT scans in an endemic rural community found that 9.1% of apparently healthy subjects had calcified lesions and were completely asymptomatic. Silent NC cases did not correlate with the exposure factors tested but showed family aggregation and higher rates of positive serology. Thus, NC prevalence may be higher than currently considered and host-related factors appear to be involved in infection and pathogenesis.

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High Prevalence of Calcified Silent Neurocysticercosis in a Rural Village of Mexico

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“…The latter authors reported that serum samples originating from NCC patients harbouring solitary cyst might escape detection. Negative results in ELISA or EITB in cases of single cyst infections have been reported by several authors (Lara-Aguilera et al, 1992;Wilson et al, 1991).…”

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Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in Cameroon

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Abstract:The frequency of Taenia solium cysticercosis was studied in a series of 504 epileptic patients from 3 rural localities in the West and North-west provinces of Cameroon using ELISA both for circulating antigen (Ag-Elisa) and antibody detection (Ab-Elisa). T. solium antigens were detected in the sera of 1.2% of the epileptics whereas specific antibodies against the parasite were present in 44.6% of patients. Significantly more seropositives in Ab-Elisa were recorded in Batibo than in Bandjoun and Batibo whereas a borderline significant difference was recorded with increasing age. Furthermore, 50% of patients with late-onset epilepsy showed antibodies against cysticercosis. T. solium cysticercosis appears to be an important cause of epilepsy in Cameroon.

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“…Table 1 (25–102) shows many of the T. solium antigens so far described, together with a mention of their relevance for the host–parasite relationship. Briefly, some of the most notorious prominent antigens in the literature are: (i) Antigen B (103), which is frequently recognized by patients with NC (93), is a paramyosin with properties similar to those of fibronectins in that it is capable of organizing the cells that surround the inflammatory reaction around the parasite through its association to human and porcine collagen (104).…”

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