Abstract
Advances in the field of neurocysticercosis continue to shape our understanding of the disease and our efforts to control it. Several attempts have been made to eradicate the disease with active interventions such as changing domestic pig-raising practices, mass chemotherapy of porcine cysticercosis and taeniasis, selective detection and treatment of taeniasis, and community health education. Moreover, ongoing progress in the diagnosis of taeniasis and the development of a porcine vaccine against cysticercosis in Australia, Mexico and Peru has yielded at least one effective vaccine that is currently available. Thus far, however, attempted interventions have only been successful in temporarily disrupting transmission of the disease. Controlled data on the efficacy and acceptability of the different interventions is urgently needed to provide a base-line schematic for intervention which could later be tailored to each particular endemic scenario.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 153-157 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the Neurological Sciences |
| Volume | 262 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 15 2007 |
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Keywords
- Computed tomography
- Cysticercosis
- Taeniasis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aging
- Clinical Neurology
- Surgery
- Developmental Neuroscience
- Neurology
- Neuroscience(all)
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Strategies for the elimination of taeniasis/cysticercosis. / García, Héctor H.; Gonzalez, Armandoe; Del Brutto, Oscar H.; Tsang, Victor C W; Llanos-Zavalaga, Fernando; Gonzalvez, Guillermo; Romero, Jaime; Gilman, Robert H.
In: Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Vol. 262, No. 1-2, 15.11.2007, p. 153-157.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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AU - Gonzalvez, Guillermo
AU - Romero, Jaime
AU - Gilman, Robert H
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KW - Computed tomography
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