"Cysticercosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D003551
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.190.902.185
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cysticercosis" by people in Profiles.
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Ching PR, Attique I. New-onset seizures in an immigrant. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022 Jan-Feb; 45:102239.
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Singh AK, Singh SK, Singh A, Gupta KK, Khatoon J, Prasad A, Rai RP, Gupta RK, Tripathi M, Husain N, Prasad KN. Immune response to Taenia solium cysticerci after anti-parasitic therapy. Int J Parasitol. 2015 Oct; 45(12):749-59.
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Singh AK, Prasad KN, Prasad A, Tripathi M, Gupta RK, Husain N. Immune responses to viable and degenerative metacestodes of Taenia solium in naturally infected swine. Int J Parasitol. 2013 Dec; 43(14):1101-7.
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Singh AK, Singh SK, Prasad KN, Singh A, Bajpai A, Rahman M, Rai RP, Gupta RK, Tripathi M, Husain N. Evaluation of ELISA, neck muscle, tongue and eyelid examinations for the diagnosis of swine cysticercosis in a highly endemic area of north India. Exp Parasitol. 2013 Jul; 134(3):313-7.
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Parish LC. Isolationism: failed political policy and unnecessary dermatologic concept. Skinmed. 2005 Jul-Aug; 4(4):201-2.
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Garg M, Chawla S, Prasad KN, Roy R, Sikora SS, Kumar R, Husain M, Khetrapal CL, Gupta RK. Differentiation of hydatid cyst from cysticercus cyst by proton MR spectroscopy. NMR Biomed. 2002 Aug; 15(5):320-6.
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Arseni C, Maretsis M, Vasilescu A, Carp N. A case of associated ophthalmo-neurocysticercosis. Anatomo-clinical considerations. Ophthalmologica. 1968; 155(5):379-89.