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2019
article
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Gianfranco Arroyo, Javier Arturo Bustos, Andrés G. Lescano, Isidro Gonzáles et autres
BACKGROUND: The efficacy of albendazole therapy in patients with parenchymal neurocysticercosis (NCC) is suboptimal. Plasma levels of albendazole sulfoxide (ASOX), the active metabolite of albendazole, are highly variable among patients. We hypothesized that high ASOX plasma levels during albendazole therapy may be …
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2018
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Andrés G. Lescano, Ian Wright Pray, Armando Emiliano Gonzalez, Robert H. Gilman et autres
The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is among the leading causes of preventable epilepsy in the world and is common in rural areas of developing countries where sanitation is limited and pigs have access to human feces. Prior studies in rural villages of …
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Accès ouvert
2017
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Claudio Muro, Luis Antonio Gomez-Puerta, Robert H. Flecker, Ricardo Gamboa et autres
The lentil lectin glycoprotein enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (LLGP EITB, reported sensitivity 99% and specificity 100%) is used as a serologic marker of exposure to Taenia solium in pigs. However, only a limited number of parasites have been evaluated for cross reactivity. Pigs …
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Accès ouvert
2017
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Gianfranco Arroyo, Silvia Rodríguez, Andrés G. Lescano, Karen Ann Alroy et autres
Background: The enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay is the reference serological test for neurocysticercosis (NCC). A positive result on EITB does not always correlate with the presence of active infections in the central nervous system (CNS), and patients with a single viable …
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Accès ouvert
2016
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Luz M. Moyano, Seth E. O’Neal, Viterbo Ayvar, Guillermo Gonzálvez et autres
BACKGROUND: Neurocysticercosis is a common helminthic infection of the central nervous system and an important cause of adult-onset epilepsy in endemic countries. However, few studies have examined associations between neurologic symptoms, serology and radiographic findings on a community-level. METHODOLOGY: We conducted a …
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2016
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Hector Hugo Garcia, Armando Emiliano Gonzalez, Victor C. W. Tsang, Seth E. O’Neal et autres
BACKGROUND: Taeniasis and cysticercosis are major causes of seizures and epilepsy. Infection by the causative parasite Taenia solium requires transmission between humans and pigs. The disease is considered to be eradicable, but data on attempts at regional elimination are lacking. We conducted …
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2015
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Isidro Gonzáles, J. Jaime Miranda, Silvia Rodríguez, Víctor Miguel Toalombo Vargas et autres
OBJECTIVES: To examine the prevalence of seizures, epilepsy and seropositivity to cysticercosis in rural villagers (cysticercosis-endemic setting), rural-to-urban migrants into a non-endemic urban shanty town and urban inhabitants of the same non-endemic shanty town. METHODS: Three Peruvian populations (n = 985) originally …
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2014
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Peter M. Schantz, Patricia P. Wilkins, Victor C. W. Tsang
Taeniasis, or cysticercosis, caused by Taenia solium (often referred to as the pork tapeworm), is a classical zoonosis which has been recognized since antiquity. Cysticercosis is acquired by ingesting Taenia eggs shed in the feces of a human tapeworm carrier and may …
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2014
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John C. Noh, Silvia Rodríguez, Yeuk-Mui Lee, Sukwan Handali et autres
One of the most well-characterized tests for diagnosing neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay developed at the CDC, which uses lentil lectin-bound glycoproteins (LLGP) extracted from Taenia solium cysticerci. Although the test is very reliable, the purification process for …
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2014
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Luz M. Moyano, Mayuko Saito, Silvia Maria Montano, Guillermo Gonzálvez et autres
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of epilepsy added to inadequate treatment results in chronic morbidity and considerable mortality in poor populations. Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a helminthic disease of the central nervous system, is a leading cause of seizures and epilepsy in most of the world. …
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Accès ouvert
2013
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Alonso Zea Vera, Erika G. Cordova-Ramos, Silvia Rodríguez, Isidro Gonzáles et autres
BACKGROUND: Computed tomography (CT) remains the standard neuroimaging screening exam for neurocysticercosis, and residual brain calcifications are the commonest finding. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more sensitive than CT but is rarely available in endemic regions. Enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay uses …
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2013
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Cesar Miguel Gavidia, Manuela Verástegui, Hector Hugo Garcia, María Teresa Rugeles López et autres
BACKGROUND: Serological tests have been used for the diagnosis of Taenia solium infection in pigs. However, those serological results do not necessarily correlate with the actual infection burden after performing pig necropsy. This study aimed to evaluate the Electro Immuno Transfer Blot …
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