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Kirezi Kanobana1, Nicolas Praet, Constantin Kabwe, Pierre Dorny, Philippe Lukanu, Joule Madinga, Patrick Mitashi, Mirjam Verwijs, Pascal Lutumba, Katja Polman.
Abstract
Cysticercosis results from tissue infection with the larval stage of the pig tapeworm Taenia solium. Infection of the brain may cause neurocysticercosis, the most frequent cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries. Information on human cysticercosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scarce and outdated. We believe this is the first reported study on human cysticercosis and epilepsy in a village community of DRC. The proportion of villagers seropositive by ELISA for T. solium circulating antigen was 21.6%, the highest figure reported to date. The adjusted prevalence of active epilepsy in the community was 12.7 in 1,000.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21763695 DOI： 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.06.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Parasitol ISSN： 0020-7519 Impact factor: 3.981