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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Taenia solium"”.
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Taenia solium transmission in a rural community in Honduras : an examination of risk factors and knowledge
Taenia soliurn taeniasis and cysticercosis are recognized as a major public health problem in Latin America. T. soliurn transmission not only affects the health of the individual, but also social and economic development, perpetuating the cycle of poverty. To determine prevalence rates, population …
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Antígenos de larvas de Taenia crassiceps e Taenia solium em teste ELISA para diagnóstico da cisticercose bovina
… ELISA empregando dois antígenos de larvas de Taenia crassiceps e três de Taenia solium. Foram utilizados 20 soros de bovinos infectados experimentalmente com ovos de T. saginata, 60 de bovinos com infecção natural, diagnosticados em matadouros, cinco de bovinos negativos para cisticercose, …
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Exploring molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying seizures in neurocysticercosis
… is a disease in which larvae of the tapeworm, Taenia solium, infect the central nervous system of humans. Seizures are the most common symptom of NCC, occurring in between 70 % and 90 % of all symptomatic NCC cases. Neurocysticercosis impacts heavily on the quality of life of patients, and …
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Diagnostico situacional de cisticercosis porcina en el rastro municipal de Masaya, Nicaragua en el periodo Enero a Julio 2009
La cisticercosis y la teniasis, ocasionadas por Taenia solium, representan un problema de salud pública. Éstas se encuentran asociadas fuertemente con la crianza de cerdos y las deficientes condiciones sanitarias e higiénicas. Cuando una persona come carne de cerdo infectada, mal cocida o cruda, …
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Multiscale Modelling of Foodborne Diseases
… by pathogens: norovirus, E. coli O157:H7 and taenia solium. We start by developing a single-scale model of foodborne diseases caused by viruses in general, which is then extended to create a multiscale model for norovirus. We formulate a non-standard finite difference scheme for the …
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Investigating cestode modulation of host neuronal excitability and cell-type-specific gene expression in an in vitro mouse model of neurocysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis (NCC), caused by Taenia solium larvae, is the leading helminthic brain infection in humans, with epilepsy as its most common manifestation. Interestingly, seizures are rare during early stages when viable larvae are thought to suppress host inflammation. Seizures tend to occur …
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Investigating neural responses in models of neurocysticercosis
… of brain infections by larvae of the pig cestode Taenia solium, a condition termed neurocysticercosis. Despite the large nature of the problem, little is known about how neurocysticercosis modulates neuronal responses to result in the development of seizures. In this thesis I have used the cestode …
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Gaps in management and treatment of epilepsy in people with confirmed or probable neurocysticercosis
… central nervous system with the larval stage of Taenia solium, leading to neurocysticercosis (NCC). People with epilepsy (PWE) in low-income countries often do not receive appropriate treatment, which besides the continuing epileptic seizures, may also lead to cognitive impairment, reduced …
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Gaps in management and treatment of epilepsy in people with confirmed or probable neurocysticercosis
… central nervous system with the larval stage of Taenia solium, leading to neurocysticercosis (NCC). People with epilepsy (PWE) in low-income countries often do not receive appropriate treatment, which besides the continuing epileptic seizures, may also lead to cognitive impairment, reduced …
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Establishing in vitro models of neuroinflammation to investigate neuroimmune responses in neurocysticercosis
… system (CNS) caused by the larvae of the cestode Taenia solium, is the leading cause of adult-acquired epilepsy in the world. A surprising clinical manifestation of NCC is that viable larvae can exist in the brain for extended periods with no symptomatology, but when they die, clinical symptoms …