Cysticercosis

Cysticercosis, or neurocysticercosis, is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system worldwide. It is caused by larvae of the tapeworm, Taenia solium, normally found in pork. The larvae, called oncospheres, form cysts in the body. If these worms are found in the intestine, they cause a different disease that is called taeniasis, which is discussed in the Taenia solium and Taenia saginata articles.Cysticercosis occurs when Taenia solium eggs enter the stomach. This can be from food or water contaminated with infected human fecal material. Also, people with adult tapeworms in their small intestine can autoinfect themselves with cysticercosis by vomiting, which pushes eggs into the stomach. When the eggs return to the intestines, the worms hatch and migrate into the skeletal muscles, heart, eyes and even the brain and spinal cord. Once there, they form small encapsulated cysts containing the worm. (From the Wikpedia article Cysticercosis.)

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Recent Publications on Cysticercosis:
Natural history of solitary cerebral cysticercosis on serial magnetic resonance imaging and the effect of albendazole therapy on its evolution. AIM: To describe the evolution of imaging characteristics of solitary...	28th October, 2009	Departments of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and	J Neurol Sci. 2009 Oct 27. DOI Direct Link
[Distribution of food-borne parasitic diseases and dietary habits in human population in Guangxi] OBJECTIVE: To investigate the distribution of common food-borne parasitic...	27th October, 2009	Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanning 530028, China.	Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi. 2009
[Application of magnetic particle antibody immunoassay in detection of anti-Schistosoma japonicum egg antibody] OBJECTIVE: To establish a magnetic particle antibody immunoassay (MPAIA)...	27th October, 2009	Department of Parasitology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of	Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi. 2009
[Epidemiological analysis of patients coinfected with Chagas disease and cysticercosis] INTRODUCTION: Among inhabitants of endemic areas in the developing world,...	22nd October, 2009	Disciplina de Biologia Celular, Universidad Federal del Triangulo Mineiro,	Biomedica. 2009 Mar;29(1):127-32.
Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis cured with medical therapy: case report and review of literature. BACKGROUND: Spinal intramedullary cysticercosis is a very uncommon...	13th October, 2009	Department of Neurosurgery, SKIMS, Soura. Srinager J&K 190017, India.	Surg Neurol. 2009 Oct 7. DOI Direct Link
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Cysticercosis Clinical Trials:
Treatment of Patients With Cysticercosis With Praziquantel or Albendazole

Cysticercosis Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7214784	Protective antigens for the control of Ixodes species infestations
7332470	Methods and compositions for treating ocular disease
7338947	Cyclic derivatives as modulators of chemokine receptor activity
7342101	Compositions and methods comprising a protective antigen of Coccidiodes immitis
7351720	N-ureidoalkyl-piperidines as modulators of chemokine receptor activity
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