TY  - GEN
AB  - Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a central nervous system (CNS) infection with Taenia solium (pork tapeworm), is a leading infectious cause of epilepsy in endemic areas. Treating T. solium taeniasis with anthelminthic medications (AHMs) like niclosamide or praziquantel (PZQ) is essential to prevent NCC. However, co-infections of taeniasis with viable NCC, the presence of living CNS cysts, impose a risk of neurological adverse events with PZQ, complicating treatment decisions. The availability and type of AHMs and lack of feasible diagnostic methods for NCC in community settings is a major challenge in informing anthelminthic treatment decisions, warranting exploration of NCC prevalence among people with taeniasis. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of taeniasis in screened communities and the prevalence of NCC, along with key characteristics, among people with confirmed taeniasis from northern Peru.
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
AU  - Wardle, Melissa
AU  - Allen, Samantha E.
AU  - Bustos, Javier
AU  - Gamboa, Ricardo
AU  - Hall, Eric
AU  - Neiderhausen, Meike
AU  - Vilchez, Percy
AU  - Garcia, Hector H.
AU  - O’Neal, Seth E.
DA  - 2024
DO  - 10.6083/bpxhc43635
DO  - doi
ID  - 43635
KW  - Taenia solium
KW  - Taeniasis
KW  - Neurocysticercosis
KW  - Praziquantel
KW  - Niclosamide
KW  - Swine
KW  - Coinfection
KW  - Communicable Diseases
KW  - Epilepsy
KW  - pork tapeworm
KW  - anthelminthic medications
KW  - community-based treatment strategies
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43635/files/ResearchWeek.2024.Wardle.Melissa.pdf
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43635/files/ResearchWeek.2024.Wardle.Melissa.pdf
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43635/files/ResearchWeek.2024.Wardle.Melissa.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43635/files/ResearchWeek.2024.Wardle.Melissa.pdf
N2  - Neurocysticercosis (NCC), a central nervous system (CNS) infection with Taenia solium (pork tapeworm), is a leading infectious cause of epilepsy in endemic areas. Treating T. solium taeniasis with anthelminthic medications (AHMs) like niclosamide or praziquantel (PZQ) is essential to prevent NCC. However, co-infections of taeniasis with viable NCC, the presence of living CNS cysts, impose a risk of neurological adverse events with PZQ, complicating treatment decisions. The availability and type of AHMs and lack of feasible diagnostic methods for NCC in community settings is a major challenge in informing anthelminthic treatment decisions, warranting exploration of NCC prevalence among people with taeniasis. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of taeniasis in screened communities and the prevalence of NCC, along with key characteristics, among people with confirmed taeniasis from northern Peru.
PB  - Oregon Health and Science University
PY  - 2024
T1  - Co-occurrence of neurocysticercosis and taeniasis within communities of northern Peru: implications for anthelminthic treatment strategies
TI  - Co-occurrence of neurocysticercosis and taeniasis within communities of northern Peru: implications for anthelminthic treatment strategies
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/43635/files/ResearchWeek.2024.Wardle.Melissa.pdf
Y1  - 2024
ER  -