Neurocysticercosis and hippocampal damage: a causal link favored by epileptogenesis or neuroinflammation?  

作　　者：Oscar H.Del Brutto Victor J.Del Brutto 

机构地区：[1]School of Medicine,Universidad Espíritu Santo,Guayaquil 999165,Ecuador [2]Department of Neurology,University of Chicago Medical Center,Chicago,IL 60637,USA.

出　　处：《Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation》2017年第8期152-154,共3页神经免疫与神经炎症（英文版）

摘　　要：Cysticercosis is a frequent parasitic infection of the nervous system that occurs when humans become intermediate hosts of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium (T. solium), after ingesting its eggs. The disease is usually transmitted person-to-person, from Taenia carriers to healthy individuals, through non-hygienic handling of food or by direct contact with human feces. Ingestion of undercooked pork contaminated with cysticerci as the cause of human cysticercosis is a common misconception, since the role of pigs is to maintain the infection cycle by causing human taeniasis.

关 键 词：CYSTICERCOSIS NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS MISCONCEPTION 

分 类 号：R5[医药卫生—内科学]