For decades, Taenia solium cysticercosis (TSC) has remained an important constraint for public health and economic well being of the predisposed communities. Despite the fact that the disease is easily preventable, hu...
Porcine cysticercosis (PC) caused by Taenia solium larvae is continuing being an important zoonotic neglected disease in many developing countries, is responsible for severe health disorders such as seizures and death...
Small-scale subsistence farmers keep over 80% of the pigs in Tanzania as a backyard activity in mixed agro-ecological farming systems under unhygienic conditions that risk persistency of zoonoses including Taenia soli...
We are grateful to the financial support of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie and the Rudolf Geigy Foundation,Basel,Switzerland。
Background:As a result of epidemiological transition,the health systems of low-and middle-income countries are increasingly faced with a dual disease burden of infectious diseases and emerging non-communicable disease...
T. solium cysticercosis is a tropical neglected disease with a high impact on public health and agriculture. To better understand the socio-economical drivers of this disease, this study was carried out with the goal ...
Taenia spp.are flatworms of the class Cestoda,whose definitive hosts are humans and primates.Human infestation(taeniasis) results from the ingestion of raw meat contaminated with encysted larval tapeworms and is consi...
The spined loach Cobitis taenia, is listed as a protected species under Appendix 3 of the Bern Convention and Annex II of the European Council Directive (92/43/EEC) on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild ...
Objective: To present the molecular characterization of Cysticercus tenuicollis(C. tenuicollis) of Taenia hydatigena(T. hydatigena) from livestock isolates in Egypt, and to introduce a detailed image of C. tenuicollis...
Diagnosis of neurocysticercosis(NCC)based merely on computed tomography(CT)and magnetic resonance imaging may be doubtful when considering that parenchymal and extraparenchymal NCC are practically distinct clinical an...