Assessing the burden of human cysticercosis in Vietnam

OBJECTIVES: To describe the occurrence of cysticercosis in patients living in rural areas of Northern Vietnam presenting clinical signs of neurocysticercosis. METHODS: Serological antigen detection, reflecting current infection with viable larval stages of Taenia solium, was used to estimate the prevalence of active cysticercosis in this patient population. RESULTS: The seroprevalence in epileptic patient population was

Publication year:2013

Keywords:Helminthic diseases, Zoonoses, Neurocysticercosis, Epilepsy, Taenia solium, Pigs, Disease burden, Prevalence, Assessment, Antigen detection, Detection, Clinical manifestations, Signs and symptoms, Headache, Vietnam, Asia-Southeast