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	Zoonosis: Cysticercosis
		Of the 3,164 (87.9%) affected with cysticercosis, 406 (12.8%) carcasses were condemned and 2,758 (87.2%) were passed after trimming and freezing or heating in accordance with regulations.
		A: Human cysticercosis is particularly common in Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, and Asia, and is being diagnosed more frequently in the United States because of a large immigrant population from endemic areas, improved diagnostic technology, and increased physician awareness.
		Human cysticercosis could occur from the direct transfer of T solium eggs from the feces of a person harboring an adult worm to their own or another's mouth or could result from indirect transfer by ingestion of food or water contaminated with eggs.
	www.avma.org /reference/zoonosis/zncystic.asp (1214 words)

	DNR - Cysticercosis
		Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection common to cottontail rabbits and snowshoe hares in Michigan.
		There is no evidence that cysticercosis is an important cause of decline in rabbit or hare populations.
		Cysticercosis does not harm the meat of rabbits and hares, or make it unfit for human consumption.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-26630--,00.html (843 words)

	Cysticercosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Cysticercosis, or neurocysticercosis, is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system worldwide.
		Cysticercosis occurs when Taenia solium eggs enter the stomach.
		According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Parasitic Diseases, in neurocysticercosis (cysticercosis of the brain), "seizures, and headaches are the most common symptoms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cysticercosis (841 words)

	Cysticercosis
		Cysticercosis is a rare infectious disease caused by the presence and accumulation of the larval cysts of a tapeworm (cestode) within tissues of the body.
		Racemose cysticercosis is characterized by accumulation of cysts at the base of the brain potentially resulting in mental deterioration, coma and life-threatening complications.
		Cysticercosis results from the ingestion of the eggs of the tapeworm known as Taenia solium.
	hw.healthdialog.com /kbase/nord/nord171.htm (1772 words)

	Cysticercosis-related deaths, California Emerging Infectious Diseases - Find Articles
		Cysticercosis death rates were higher in Latino residents of California (13.0/[10.sup.6]) than in other racial/ethnic groups (0.4/[10.sup.6]), in males (5.2/[10.sup.6]) than in females (2.7/[10.sup.6]), and in persons >14 years of age (5.0/[10.sup.6]).
		Cysticercosis is a preventable cause of premature death, particularly among young Latino persons in California and may be a more common cause of death in the United States than previously recognized.
		Cysticercosis, an infection caused by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is recognized as an increasingly important cause of severe neurologic disease in the United States (1-3).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0GVK/is_3_10/ai_114560109 (792 words)

	Division of Parasitic Diseases - Cysticercosis Fact Sheet
		Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium.
		Taeniasis and cysticercosis are very rare in Muslim countries where eating pork is forbidden.
		Cysticercosis is not spread from person to person.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/dpd/parasites/cysticercosis/factsht_cysticercosis.htm (998 words)

	Islamset - Cerebral Cysticercosis in Children: Introduction, Patients, Diagnosis, Clinical Features, Investigations, ...
		Cysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease in the world affecting the central nervous system.
		In areas of the world where cysticercosis is endemic and CT scan not readily available, the presence of CSF eosinophilic pleocytosis would be quite helpful in the diagnosis of cysticercosis.
		This was largely due to the frequent use of surgery to extirpate the cysts in the 3rd and the 4th ventricles19,20.
	www.islamset.com /hip/Allie_Moosa.html (2515 words)

	EID V3N3 Controversies in the Management of Cysticercosis
		Cysticercosis, an infection caused by larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium in human tissues, is a common cause of neurologic disease in most non-Muslim developing countries, where it accounts for more than one-third of adult-onset epilepsy cases (1).
		Cysticercosis is increasingly diagnosed in patients in industrialized nations; persons who have never left the United States as well as visitors to disease-endemic regions are at risk.
		Once cysticercosis is diagnosed, treatment may be necessary, but optimal therapy and particularly the role of cestocidal drugs is controversial.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol3no3/evans.htm (1307 words)

	Cysticercosis
		Human cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of T solium (Cysticercus cellulosae).
		Cysticercosis represents tissue infection with larval cysts of the cestode Taenia solium, in which the patient serves as an intermediate host for the parasite.
		Although most cases of cysticercosis in the United States have been imported from Mexico and Central and South America, cysticercosis in the United States can be acquired from index cases who recently immigrated from an endemic area and still have T solium intestinal stage infection.
	www.meddean.luc.edu /lumen/Meded/mech/cases/case14/cysticercus.htm (862 words)

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		Cysticercosis is rare in most industrialized nations but is endemic in developing areas such as Latin America, Asia and Africa.
		Most of the cases of cysticercosis in the United States are associated with immigrants from these countries.
		Performance Data Sensitivity: Thirty samples positive by immunoblot for cysticercosis infection were tested in the DIAGNOSTICS ELISA kit; 26/30 samples were positive in the DIAGNOSTICS ELISA giving a sensitivity of 87% versus the immunoblot.
	www.rapidtest.com /Cysticercosis_8105-3.doc (1403 words)

	Immunetics - QualiCode Cysticercosis Western Blot Test Kit
		Cysticercosis is a chronic disease worldwide resulting from infection with the parasite Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm.
		The disease cysticercosis is actually transmitted by the ingestion of food that has been contaminated with T.
		Cysticercosis can be very difficult to diagnose due to the wide range of symptoms which often resemble epilepsy or migraine headaches.
	www.immunetics.com /products/human/cystice.html (585 words)

	Cysticercosis definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Cysticercosis is contracted by accidentally swallowing pork tapeworm eggs.
		Anyone suspected of having cysticercosis (and family members) should be tested.
		Because the tapeworm infection can be difficult to diagnose, several stool specimens over several days may be needed to examine the stools for evidence of a tapeworm.
	www.medicinenet.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=18492 (845 words)

	Cysticercosis - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Cysticercosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
		This means that Cysticercosis, or a subtype of Cysticercosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
		With a diagnosis of Cysticercosis, it is also important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Cysticercosis.
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /c/cysticercosis/intro.htm (818 words)

	Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Cysticercosis, Giardia, Taenia solium,Toxoplasma, Parasites, Parasitology @ The Center for ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Taeniosis and cysticercosis have disappeared in many European countries thanks to the improvement of the systems of human health, animal care, and sanitation in general.
		The cycle is completed when the human consumes insufficiently cooked meat of the pig containing parasites with live cysticerci which can then release the scolex to adhere in the intestinal wall until maturity is reached in the form of the adult tapeworm, Taenia solium.
		The lack of sanitary control of the pig meat, the clandestine slaughter of pigs, consumption of pig meat with cysticercosis that is insufficiently cooked, the consumption of fresh vegetables or water contaminated with tapeworm eggs, and poor personal hygiene, all contribute in the acquisition of the infection.
	www.griffin.peachnet.edu /parasitology/taenia_cystic.htm (540 words)

	Serological Diagnosis of Human Cysticercosis by Use of Recombinant Antigens from Taenia solium Cysticerci -- Hubert et ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The larval stage of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium is the causative agent of cysticercosis.
		A collection of 27 serum samples from cysticercosis patients was subjected to serologic testing with the recombinant antigens.
		Human cysticercosis is a pleomorphic disease, and diagnosis remains a challenge.
	cdli.asm.org /cgi/content/full/6/4/479 (2644 words)

	eMedicine - Cysticercosis : Article by Ryan Tenzer, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Background: Cysticercosis is a systemic illness caused by dissemination of the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium.
		Mortality from cysticercosis is minimal and generally limited to cases complicated by encephalitis, increased intracranial pressure (ICP) secondary to edema, and/or hydrocephalus and strokes.
		Ophthalmologic surgery is recommended in all cases of ocular cysticercosis since the inflammatory reaction associated with medical therapy may threaten vision.
	www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic119.htm (3150 words)

	Clinical Study: 85-I-0127, Treatment of Patients with Cysticercosis with Praziquantel or Albendazole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The purpose of this study is to evaluate, treat and follow patients with cysticercosis, an infection with the larval form of the pork tapeworm, T. solium.
		The drugs praziquantel and albendazole are used to treat cysticercosis, but it is not clear if these drugs are effective in all patients, such as those with calcified cysts or brain enlargement.
		Patients with suspected or confirmed cysticercosis may be eligible for this study.
	clinicalstudies.info.nih.gov /cgi/detail.cgi?A_85-I-0127.html (555 words)

	Clinical Trial: Treatment of Patients With Cysticercosis With Praziquantel or Albendazole
		Cysticercosis is defined as an infection with the larvae form of T.solium and includes infection of the brain (neurocysticercosis) that accounts for most of the symptomatic disease and serious complications.
		Two drugs, praziquantel and albendazole, have been used extensively in the treatment of cysticercosis and are the accepted therapies.
		Albendazole has recently been approved for the treatment of cysticercosis while praziquantel is not approved by the FDA but has proven efficacy and safety.
	www.clinicaltrials.gov /ct/show/NCT00001205 (734 words)

	Frequency of Cerebral Arteritis in Subarachnoid Cysticercosis : An Angiographic Study -- Barinagarrementeria and ...
		in 23 of 46 patients (50%) with cysticercosis.
		Subarachnoid cysticercosis with occlusion of the major intracranial arteries: case report.
		Cysticercosis of the central nervous system: clinical and therapeutic considerations.
	stroke.ahajournals.org /cgi/content/full/29/1/123 (1406 words)

	Cysticercosis - Image Library Page 2
		Typical antibody reactions in the CDC immunoblot for cysticercosis.
		Individual sera from patients with either cysticercosis or echinococcosis were analyzed using the immunoblot for cysticercosis.
		Sera from patients with cysticercosis react with at least one of the cysticercosis-specific proteins, whereas sera from patients with echinococcosis do not react with any of the seven diagnostic proteins.
	www.dpd.cdc.gov /DPDx/HTML/ImageLibrary/A-F/Cysticercosis/body_Cysticercosis_il2.htm (95 words)

	Cysticercosis Has The CDC Concerned
		"Cysticercosis, an infection caused by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is recognized as an increasingly important cause of severe neurologic disease in the United States."
		Humans become infected with Cysticercosis when they ingest the eggs of the Taenia solium by eating undercooked pork, through contaminated water or food, or hand to mouth.
		Once the eggs hatch, the larvae penetrates the intestine, enters the blood stream, and may develop into cysticerci (bladder worm) in muscles, brain, or the eyes.
	www.vaxa.com /human-tapeworms-cysticercosis.cfm (159 words)

	WHO \| Taeniasis/Cysticercosis
		solium carry a substantial risk of acquiring cysticercosis by faeco-oral autoinfection and members of their households are also at increased risk.
		Human cysticercosis is caused by the development of T.
		Treatment of cysticercosis is very difficult with varying success: praziquantel + corticosteroids + albendazole.
	www.who.int /zoonoses/diseases/taeniasis/en (287 words)

	ae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Cysticercosis is the most common worldwide CNS infection.
		The disease is contracted by ingesting the ova of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium in contaminated water.
		In endemic areas, seizures in a young adult are due to cysticercosis until proven otherwise.
	www.med.uc.edu /neurorad/webpage/gja.html (179 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Cysticercosis
		Cysticercosis is an infection that creates cysts in different areas in the body.
		The infection is caused by a parasite called Taenia solium (the pork tapeworm).
		Cysticercosis is caused by swallowing eggs from T.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000627.htm (492 words)

	CYSTICERCOSIS IN CHRONIC PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS FROM A VENEZUELAN COMMUNITY -- MEZA et al. 73 (3): 504 -- American ...
		cysticercosis is a complex disease with a varying clinical presentation.
		Acute psychosis in a patient with cerebral cysticercosis.
		Prevalence and risk factors for Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans and pigs in a village in Morelos, Mexico.
	www.ajtmh.org /cgi/content/full/73/3/504 (2597 words)

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