Journal
TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
Volume 22, Issue 7, Pages 881-894Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12887
Keywords
cysticercosis; neurocysticercosis; taeniasis; Taenia solium; recommendations; epilepsy
Funding
- EC [FP7-GA-261495]
- COHEMI (COordinating resources to assess and improve HEalth status of MIgrants from Latin America)
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Neurocysticercosis, the central nervous system's localised form of cysticercosis, is considered to be the leading cause of epilepsy in the developing world. In Europe, the disease is mainly imported and affects both immigrants and travellers. However, autochthonous cases of cysticercosis in low-endemic countries could also originate from Taenia solium carriers (migrants or travellers) who acquired taeniasis overseas. Management of cysticercosis is a challenge for European healthcare providers as they are often hardly aware of this infection and have little familiarity in managing this disease. This study provides a summary of recommendations concerning screening, diagnosis and management of cysticercosis and T. solium taeniasis in Europe drawn up by nine experts in migrant health and imported diseases with experience in cysticercosis and T. solium taeniasis.
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