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Case Report: Three Cases of Neurocysticercosis in Central Africa.

Olivier Mukuku1, Sofía S Sánchez2, Marcellin Bugeme3, Hector H Garcia4,2.   

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an infection prevalent in developing countries; however, it is neglected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we present three different cases seen in a consulting room in Lubumbashi. These cases are evidence that NCC is more common than it was previously thought in sub-Saharan Africa. Neurocysticercosis is a pathology-neglected and ignored infection, not only by the population but also by health professionals and health authorities in the DRC, and because of that, it is important to increase the research about NCC in the DRC to assess the prevalence and risk factors for NCC to assess the severity of the phenomenon and to help designing appropriate prevention and control measures.

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Year:  2020        PMID: 32901607      PMCID: PMC7646786          DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0759

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg        ISSN: 0002-9637            Impact factor:   2.345


  16 in total

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2.  High prevalence of Taenia solium cysticerosis in a village community of Bas-Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Authors:  Kirezi Kanobana; Nicolas Praet; Constantin Kabwe; Pierre Dorny; Philippe Lukanu; Joule Madinga; Patrick Mitashi; Mirjam Verwijs; Pascal Lutumba; Katja Polman
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4.  Taenia solium cysticercosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: how does pork trade affect the transmission of the parasite?

Authors:  Nicolas Praet; Kirezi Kanobana; Constantin Kabwe; Vivi Maketa; Philippe Lukanu; Pascal Lutumba; Katja Polman; Peter Matondo; Niko Speybroeck; Pierre Dorny; Julienne Sumbu
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2010-09-07

5.  Efficacy of combined antiparasitic therapy with praziquantel and albendazole for neurocysticercosis: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial.

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6.  A trial of antiparasitic treatment to reduce the rate of seizures due to cerebral cysticercosis.

Authors:  Héctor H Garcia; E Javier Pretell; Robert H Gilman; S Manuel Martinez; Lawrence H Moulton; Oscar H Del Brutto; Genaro Herrera; Carlton A W Evans; Armando E Gonzalez
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Authors:  André Zoli; Oliver Shey-Njila; Emmanuel Assana; Jean-Pierre Nguekam; Pierre Dorny; Jef Brandt; Stanny Geerts
Journal:  Acta Trop       Date:  2003-06       Impact factor: 3.112

8.  Disseminated cysticercosis. New observations, including CT scan findings and experience with treatment by praziquantel.

Authors:  N Wadia; S Desai; M Bhatt
Journal:  Brain       Date:  1988-06       Impact factor: 13.501

9.  Neurocysticercosis as a cause of epilepsy and seizures in two community-based studies in a cysticercosis-endemic region in Peru.

Authors:  Luz M Moyano; Mayuko Saito; Silvia M Montano; Guillermo Gonzalvez; Sandra Olaya; Viterbo Ayvar; Isidro González; Luis Larrauri; Victor C W Tsang; Fernando Llanos; Silvia Rodríguez; Armando E Gonzalez; Robert H Gilman; Hector H Garcia
Journal:  PLoS Negl Trop Dis       Date:  2014-02-13

10.  Living with epilepsy in Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo): epidemiology, risk factors and treatment gap.

Authors:  Béatrice Koba Bora; Didier Malamba Lez; Daniel Okitundu Luwa; Marcellin Bugeme Baguma; Désiré Tshala Katumbay; Tharcisse Kayembe Kalula; Pierre Luabeya Mesu'a Kabwa
Journal:  Pan Afr Med J       Date:  2015-08-26
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