Infection with CYSTICERCUS, the larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man). In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum. Brain involvement results in NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS.
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| "Human cysticercosis is linked to infection by the larval stage of Taenia solium: Cysticercus cellulosae and was identified in Madagascar since 1901." | ( Callies, P; Genin, C; Michel, P; Raharison, H; Roux, J, 1992) |
| "Worldwide, cerebral cysticercosis is one of the most common causes of seizure disorders." | ( Sotelo, J; Vazquez, V, 1992) |
| "Cysticercosis is a parasitic disease endemic in several developing countries where people consume raw or insufficiently cooked pork." | ( Milette, PC; Shriqui, CL, 1992) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is the most important parasitic infection of the nervous system in countries of the third world." | ( Overbosch, D, 1992) |
| "Worldwide neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the human brain and meninges." | ( Davis, LE; Kornfeld, M, 1991) |
| "Cysticercosis is linked to the infestation of men (or pigs) by the larval stage of Toenia solium: Cysticercus cellulosae." | ( Coulanges, P; Gruel, JC; Michault, A; Michel, P, 1990) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is an uncommon, and under-recognized condition in Australia." | ( Collignon, PJ; Crimmins, D; Danta, G; Dwyer, D, 1990) |
| "Swines with cysticercosis are a useful model to study human disease." | ( Cohen, S; Collado, MA; Fernandez, B; Fernandez, E; Flisser, A; Gonzalez, D; Madrazo, I; Plancarte, A; Rodriguez-Carbajal, J; Shkurovich, M, 1989) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is a very rare disease in Central Europe." | ( Abel, W; Flentje, B; Hackebeil, C; Lippmann, P; Matschke, HJ, 1989) |
| "Cysticercosis is the most common parasite affecting the central nervous system and is a serious health problem in many parts of the world." | ( Minnick, A, 1986) |
| "Cysticercosis is the most common parasitosis affecting the central nervous system and it is endemic in many countries." | ( Abad, JM; Bollar, A; Fernańdez, J; García-Allut, A; Gelabert, M; Mostaza, A, 1988) |
| "Cerebral cysticercosis is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in children in the United States." | ( Crawford, TO; Mitchell, WG, 1988) |
| "Cerebral cysticercosis is becoming more common in Australia as the immigrant population from areas of endemic disease increases." | ( Lyall, I; Nolan, C; Pascoe, M; Saines, N, 1987) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is not uncommon in the immigrant population of large North American cities." | ( Farmer, JP; Knowles, KF; Leblanc, R; MacLean, JD; Melanson, D; Rouleau, G, 1986) |
| "As cerebral cysticercosis is a known cause of epileptiform convulsions, it is suggested that many cases of epilepsy may in fact be due to cerebral cysticercosis." | ( Ratnakar, C; Thakur, LC; Veliath, AJ, 1985) |
| "The neurocysticercosis is a serious endemic disease in our region and represented 2." | ( Jardim, E; Takayanagui, OM, 1983) |
| "Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system in the world, but cysticercosis cutis has been reported much less frequently." | ( Cilliers, J; Jordaan, HF; Schmidt, DK; Schneider, JW, 1995) |
| "Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease affecting the central nervous system." | ( Levy, AS; Lillehei, KO; Rubinstein, D; Stears, JC, 1995) |
| "Cysticercosis is discussed as a possible differential diagnosis." | ( Bakke, SJ; Dietrichs, E; van Knapen, F, 1994) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is one of the most common, world-wide parasitic diseases of the central nervous system." | ( Bogumil-Schott, E; Malzacher, VD; Neu, IS, 1994) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is being recognised more often now, because of advances in radio-imaging." | ( Agrawal, A; Singhal, KC; Srivastava, A; Srivastava, VK, 1993) |
| "Cysticercosis is thus highly implicated in the neurologic syndromes found in Madagascar." | ( Callies, P; Genin, C; Guyon, P; Holvoet, L; Michel, P; Raharison, H, 1993) |
| "Cysticercosis is due to cysticercus cellulosae and was know since a long time." | ( Auzemery, A; Bernardin, P; Rabenantoandro, C, 1994) |
| "Cysticercosis is a parasitic disease due to the infection of man with Cysticercus cellulose, the larva of Taenia solium." | ( Adjidé, CC; Adjidé-Szmidt, V; Avodé, DG; Bouteille, B; Dumas, M; Josse, R, 1996) |
| "Cysticercosis is one of the parasitic diseases that most frequently affects the eye." | ( Chévez, P; Flisser, A; Jiménez-Sierra, JM; Paczka, JA; Quiroz-Mercado, H; Santos, A; Velasco, C, 1996) |
| "Intramedullary cysticercosis is a rare manifestation of neurocysticercosis." | ( Corral, I; Guerrero, A; López-Vélez, R; Martínez-San-Millán, J; Moreno, A; Quereda, C; Sotelo, J, 1996) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is the main cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries and is an emerging disease in the United States." | ( Catacora, M; Garcia, HH; Gilman, RH; Gonzalez, AE; Tsang, VC; Verastegui, M, 1997) |
| "Therefore cysticercosis is a major aetiological factor of late-onset epilepsy in Madagascar." | ( Andriantsimahavandy, A; Boisier, P; Lesbordes, JL; Peghini, M; Rabarijaona, L; Rasoaharimalala, B; Roux, J, 1997) |
| "Human cysticercosis is secondary to an infestation by cysticercus cellulosae, the larval form of Taenia solium." | ( Lemke, BN; Sekhar, GC, 1997) |
| "Taenia solium cysticercosis is an important public health problem in developing countries." | ( Bernal, T; Falcon, N; Garcia, HH; Gavidia, C; Gilman, RH; Gonzalez, AE; Romero, M; Tsang, VC, 1997) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is an important public health problem in South-Central American and South Asia." | ( Singh, G, 1997) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is the most important parasitic infection of the nervous system." | ( Jung, H; Sotelo, J, 1998) |
| "Human Taenia solium cysticercosis is a major cause of epilepsy in developing countries, and porcine infection causes widespread economic losses because of infested pork." | ( Bernal, T; Falcon, N; Garcia, HH; Gavidia, C; Gilman, RH; Gonzalez, AE; Romero, M; Tsang, VC, 1998) |
| "Cysticercosis is one of the two infections caused by Taenia solium." | ( Hasenfratz, G; Hintschich, C; Landau, K; Schriever, S, 1999) |
| "Cysticercosis is still endemic in India and contributes to preventable blindness." | ( David, S; Mathai, E, 2000) |
| "[corrected] Cysticercosis is a parasitic infestation of different body organs by Cysticercosis cellulosae, a larval form of the helminth, Taenia solium, known commonly as pork tapeworm." | ( Lombardo, J, 2001) |
| "Myocardial cysticercosis is an extremely rare infection." | ( Barro, F; Cisse, R; Kabore, J; Niakara, A; Niamba, PA; Traore, A, 2002) |
| "Cysticercosis is a zoonotic disease of humans produced by the larval stage of swine parasite, Taenia solium." | ( Argaez-Rodriguez, F; Craig, PS; Dominguez-Alpizar, JL; Fraser, A; Peniche-Cardeña, A; Rodriguez-Canul, R; Sima-Alvarez, R, 2002) |
| "Orbital and adnexal cysticercosis is emerging as a far commoner disease than previously considered, both in endemic and nonendemic areas of cysticercosis." | ( Bajaj, MS; Betharia, SM; Pushker, N, 2002) |
| "Cysticercosis is considered as major health problem in Madagascar." | ( Andriantsimahavandy, A; Migliani, R; Rabarijaona, L; Rajaonarison, P; Rasolomaharo, M; Ravaoalimalala, VE, 2000) |
| "solium cysticercosis is an endemic, but overlooked public health problem in West Cameroon." | ( Brandt, J; Dorny, P; Geerts, S; Kamga, AC; Losson, B; Nguekam, JP; Speybroeck, N; Zogo, PO; Zoli, AP, 2003) |
| "Cysticercosis is a disease caused by the hydatid of the porcine tapeworm (cysticercus)." | ( Gocht, A; Metternich, FU; Roth, B, 2003) |
| "Cysticercosis is an important public health problem in developing countries." | ( Belucci, AD; Carlos dos Santos, A; Mamere, AE; Muglia, VF; Simão, GN; Takayanagui, OM; Trad, CS, 2004) |
| "Human cysticercosis is caused by dissemination of embryos of Taenia solium from the intestine via the hepatoportal system to the tissues and organs of the body." | ( Bajaj, MS; Balasubramanya, R; Pushker, N, 2005) |
| "Intraocular cysticercosis is associated with a poor prognosis for vision." | ( Kaliaperumal, S; Parija, SC; Rao, VA, 2005) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is a common parasitic disease in the CNS in humans caused by the metacestode Taenia solium, with high incidence in developing countries." | ( Jung-Cook, H; Ortiz-Plata, A; Palencia, G; Palomares-Alonso, F; Piliado, JC, 2007) |
| "Cysticercosis is an helminthic disease which is usually observed in endemic areas or in immigrants coming from these areas." | ( Bricaire, E; Caumes, E; Chemali, N; Danis, M; Epelboin, L; Klement, E, 2004) |
| "Cysticercosis is a common parasitic infection caused by encysted larvae of the helminth Taenia solium (pork tapeworm)." | ( Arsura, E; Sethi, NK; Sethi, PK; Torgovnick, J, 2007) |
| "Cysticercosis is not uncommon in developing countries and immigrant population of developed countries." | ( Joshi, A; Nagaraj, C; Singh, S; Trikha, V, 2008) |
| "Bovine cysticercosis is a zoonosis that is mainly of socioeconomic and public health importance." | ( Asaava, LL; Gathura, PB; Kitala, PM; Muchemi, G; Nanyingi, MO; Schelling, E, 2009) |
| "Cysticercosis is endemic in developing countries such as India." | ( Ghosh, S; Panda, N; Virk, RS, 2009) |
| "Cysticercosis is a serious public health problem in Madagascar." | ( Carod, JF; Dauga, C; Gay, F; Ma, L; Michelet, L; Rakontondrazaka, M, 2010) |
| "Intramedullary cysticercosis is a rare form of cysticercosis in the central nervous system." | ( Abbey, P; Chavda, S; Handa, A; Kumar, S; Tiwari, R, 2010) |
| "Cysticercosis is an infection with larval cysts of the cestode Taenia solium." | ( Garza, A; Robinson, P; Tweardy, DJ; Viswanathan, B; Weinstock, J, 2010) |
| "Cysticercosis is a major cause of economic loss in bovine production due to meat condemnation." | ( Biondi, GF; de Cássia Paulan, S; Deffune, E; Golim, MA; Nunes, CM; Rossi-Ferreira, R; Vicentini-Oliveira, JC, 2010) |
| "Cysticercosis is a condition that occurs when man is infected with larvae of Taenia solium." | ( Aggarwal, G; Chhabra, S; Duhan, A; Kalra, R; Sen, R; Singh, S, 2011) |
| "Orbital cysticercosis is secondary to an infestation by cysticercus cellulosae, the larval form of Taenia solium." | ( Bremner, FD; Elgohary, M; Ziaei, M, 2011) |
| "However, cysticercosis is still a major public health problem in endemic regions, with more than 50 million infected people and is now a re-emerging disease in industrialized countries owing to human migration." | ( Dangi, UR; Goyal, AK; Gupta, DS; Jain, R; Jurel, SK; Singh, S; Srivastava, S; Tandon, PN, 2012) |
| "Cysticercosis is a common tropical disease." | ( Jain, S; Kashikar, S; Kumar, S, 2012) |
| "Porcine cysticercosis is acquired by pigs through consumption of human faeces containing Taenia solium ova and indicates the presence of active transmission of the parasite between pigs and humans." | ( Dorny, P; Mohan, VR; Muliyil, J; Oommen, A; Tharmalingam, J; Vedantam, R; Vercruysse, J, 2013) |
| "Swine cysticercosis is very common in the developing countries where pigs are raised." | ( Bajpai, A; Gupta, RK; Husain, N; Prasad, KN; Rahman, M; Rai, RP; Singh, A; Singh, AK; Singh, SK; Tripathi, M, 2013) |
| "Cysticercosis is a cause of serious ocular/orbital morbidity." | ( Opincariu, I; Popescu, L; Szabo, B; Szabo, I, 2012) |
| "Taenia solium cysticercosis is a zoonosis of public health importance in areas where the disease is endemic, with significant economic impacts on human health and the swine industry." | ( Jambou, R; Porphyre, V; Rasamoelina-Andriamanivo, H, 2013) |
| "Cysticercosis is rare in Japan, and cases requiring treatment for a large number of cysticercus in the brain and thigh are rare." | ( Hirai, T; Niki, Y; Okino, T; Shirakura, T; Shoji, H; Takuma, T; Wakatsuki, Y, 2013) |
| "Hepatic cysticercosis is a very rare entity; only four cases have been reported to date." | ( Anand, R; Bano, S; Chaudhary, V; Kumar, P; Narula, MK, 2014) |
| "Cysticercosis is an infection of tissues with the larval cysts of the cestode, Taenia solium." | ( Bhatena, Z; Bulsara, T; Firozgary, B; Firozgary, G; Khumbatta, M; Robinson, P; Siller, R; Tweardy, DJ; Weinstock, J, 2014) |
| "Taenia solium cysticercosis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis occurring in many developing countries." | ( Dorny, P; Gabriël, S; Lefèvre, P; Marcotty, T; Mwape, KE; Phiri, AM; Phiri, IK; Thys, S, 2015) |
| "Taenia solium cysticercosis is a parasitic meat-borne disease that is highly prevalent in pigs and humans in Africa, but the burden is vastly underestimated due to the lack of official control along the pork commodity chain, which hampers long-term control policies." | ( Bernard, C; Cardinale, E; Jambou, R; Porphyre, V; Rakotoarimanana, A; Rasamoelina, O; Rasamoelina-Andriamanivo, H, 2015) |
| "Taenia solium cysticercosis is a common parasitic infection of humans and pigs." | ( Bustos, JA; Castillo, Y; Dorny, P; Gabriël, S; Garcia, HH; Gilman, RH; Gonzalez, AE; Praet, N; Rodriguez, S; Zimic, M, 2015) |
| "Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection caused by larvae known as cysticercus cellulosae." | ( Agrawal, S; Bhadury, S; Khanduri, S; Singh, A, 2016) |
| "Human and porcine cysticercosis is a parasitic disease caused by the larval stage (cysts) of the tapeworm Taenia solium." | ( Bobes, RJ; De la Torre, P; Laclette, JP; Navarrete-Perea, J; Sciutto, E; Soberón, X; Toledano-Magaña, Y, 2016) |
| "Taenia solium cysticercosis is a major public health problem in developing countries." | ( Gupta, KK; Gupta, RK; Prasad, KN; Singh, A; Singh, AK; Singh, SK; Tripathi, M, 2019) |
| "solium cysticercosis is an important food safety concern for pork consumers in Punjab, India." | ( Aulakh, RS; Dhand, NK; Kalambhe, DG; Pathak, D; Singh, BB; Singh, SP, 2018) |
| "Cysticercosis is a zoonotic disease." | ( Gaikwad, P; Patro, MK; Puneeta, N; Santosh, T, 2019) |
| "Cysticercosis is an emerging and neglected tropical disease (NTD) that poses a serious public health concern worldwide." | ( Fan, CK; Huang, MJ; Li, W; Tian, XJ; Wang, F; Wang, HB; Wang, L; Wu, WW; Zhang, HY; Zou, Y, 2019) |
| "Ocular cysticercosis is a disease which rarely involves cutaneous skin and the optic nerve." | ( Shrestha, AK; Shrestha, R, 2019) |
| "Disseminated cysticercosis is an unusual opportunistic infection which can present as subcutaneous nodules without other typical cysticercosis symptoms." | ( Bacha, JM; Campbell, LR; El-Mallawany, NK; Kovarik, CL; McCormick, DW; Slone, JS, 2020) |
| "Cysticercosis is a neglected tropical disease set as health priority by WHO." | ( Diallo, K; Diallo, M; Dione, MAD; Diop, A; Manga, NM; Wembulua, BS, 2020) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system, brain being the most frequent site." | ( Chowdhury, A; Dubey, S; Lahiri, D; Ray, BK, 2021) |
| "Ocular cysticercosis is a preventable cause of blindness." | ( Gupta, A; Gupta, R; Singh, P, 2021) |
| "Subarachnoid cysticercosis is a type of extra-parenchymal infection in which the prevalence is not known and racemose NC with cerebellar involvement has been rarely reported." | ( Calderon-Vargas, CM; Montejo-Coy, JA; Parra-Cárdenas, DM; Severiche-Bueno, DF; Vargas-Cuervo, MT, 2021) |
| "Cysticercosis is the presence of Taenia solium larval stage in tissues such as central nervous system, skin, muscles and eye globe." | ( Ambrosio, JR; de Lima, NF; Mellado, MDRE; Picanço, GA; Valencia, DGR; Villegas, EOL; Vinaud, MC, 2021) |
| "Taenia solium cysticercosis is a neglected zoonosis that affects people throughout much of the developing world." | ( Aulakh, RS; Brookes, VJ; G K, M; Sharma, R; Singh, BB, 2021) |
| "Cysticercosis is a disease caused by the metacestode of the parasite Taenia solium (T." | ( Aranda-López, Y; Becerril-Villanueva, LE; Castro, KEN; Del Río-Araiza, VH; Girón-Pérez, MI; López-López, L; Morales-Montor, J; Ponce-Regalado, MD, 2021) |
| "Taenia solium (Ts) cysticercosis is a neglected zoonotic disease particularly prevalent in Madagascar." | ( Andriantseheno, M; Bailly, S; Brembilla, A; Carod, JF; Dermauw, V; Desmarets, M; Dorny, P; Mauny, F; Ménard, D; Parmentier, AL; Rakotondrazaka, M; Ramahefarisoa, RM; Razafimahefa, J, 2021) |
| "Cysticercosis is a zoonotic public health issue especially severe when the parasite is in the central nervous system although it may be found all over the human organism." | ( Cristina Gomes, T; de Andrade Picanço, G; de Sousa Mendes Moreira Alves, D; Ferreira de Lima, N; Luísa da Costa, T; Vinaud, MC, 2022) |
| "Human cysticercosis is an emerging infection caused by the larvae of Taenia solium (Cysticercus cellulosae)." | ( Kumar H C, K; Kumar, KJ; Narayana, PS, 2022) |
| "Ocular cysticercosis is a sparsely reported condition, requiring urgent management." | ( Gaur, N; Khanduja, S; Sharma, P; Sheemar, A; Takkar, B; Thakur, PS, 2022) |
| "Cysticercosis is a parasitic tissue infection caused by larval cysts of Taenia solium." | ( Akbulut, A; Akgün, B; Balgetir, F; Çalık, M; Enez, M; Özer Balin, Ş; Yıldırım, H, 2022) |
| "Cysticercosis is a parasitic tissue infection caused by larval cysts of Taenia solium." | ( Akbulut, A; Akgün, B; Balgetir, F; Çalık, M; Enez, M; Özer Balin, Ş; Yıldırım, H, 2022) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic infection of the central nervous system by tapeworm larvae." | ( Ji, K; Li, T; Shang, A; Tao, B, 2023) |
| "Neurocysticercosis is recognized as an important health issue in the Malagasy population." | ( Cardinale, E; Donadeu, M; Lightowlers, MW; Mananjara, DEA; Mwape, KE; Rakotoarinoro, M; Rakotoarison, VC; Rakotozandrindrainy, R; Raliniaina, M; Randriamparany, T; Rasamoelina-Andriamanivo, H; Ravonirina, C; Razafindraibe, NP, 2023) |