The life cycle of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, is continuously closed in many rural settings in developing countries when free roaming pigs ingest human stools containing T. solium eggs and develop cysticercosis, and ...

Although not considered as an endemic region, the Northeast of Brazil has the necessary conditions for the development of taeniasis-cysticercosis complex. In a previous paper, we demonstrated that Mulungu do Morro municipality, ...

The taeniasis/cysticercosis disease complex is a public health challenge for most of the developing world, and is increasingly recognized in developed countries due to mass immigration, refugee movements, international ...

Neurocysticercosis, the most common parasitic brain disease worldwide, is due to the larvae infestation of Taenia solium. It is an endemic, neglected disease in poor countries with deprived sanitation, and is increasingly ...