High frequency of Taenia solium antigen positivity in patients admitted for neurological disorders in the Rural Hospital of Mosango, Democratic Republic of Congo
Deby Mukendi; Jean-Roger Lilo Kalo; Pascal Lutumba; Barbara Barbé; Jan Jacobs; Cedric P. Yansouni; Sarah Gabriël; Pierre Dorny · 2021 · BMC Infectious Diseases
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Abstract
Abstract Background The epidemiology of human cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis, caused by the larval stage of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium, is not well known in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Within a multicenter etiological and diagnostic study conducted by the NIDIAG consortium (“Better Diagnosis for Neglected Infections”) and investigating several challenging syndromes, we consecutively evaluated from 2012 to 2015 all patients older than 5 years presenting with neurological disorders (neurology cohort) and with fever > 7 days (persistent fever cohort) at the rural hospital o
Abstract by Deby Mukendi; Jean-Roger Lilo Kalo; Pascal Lutumba; Barbara Barbé; Jan Jacobs; Cedric P. Yansouni; Sarah Gabriël; Pierre Dorny, BMC Infectious Diseases (2021) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: DOAJ · DOI 10.1186/s12879-021-06032-8