cris.boxmetadata.label.title
Case report: Three cases of neurocysticercosis in central Africa
cris.boxmetadata.label.dateissued
01 browse.startsWith.months.november 2020
cris.boxmetadata.label.accesslevel
open access
cris.boxmetadata.label.resourcetype
journal article
cris.boxmetadata.label.authors
Mukuku O.
Sánchez S.S.
Bugeme M.
GARCIA LESCANO, HECTOR HUGO
cris.boxmetadata.label.publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
cris.boxmetadata.label.abstract
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an infection prevalent in developing countries; however, it is neglected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we present three different cases seen in a consulting room in Lubumbashi. These cases are evidence that NCC is more common than it was previously thought in sub-Saharan Africa. Neurocysticercosis is a pathology-neglected and ignored infection, not only by the population but also by health professionals and health authorities in the DRC, and because of that, it is important to increase the research about NCC in the DRC to assess the prevalence and risk factors for NCC to assess the severity of the phenomenon and to help designing appropriate prevention and control measures.
cris.boxmetadata.label.citationstartpage
1955
cris.boxmetadata.label.citationendpage
1957
cris.boxmetadata.label.volume
103
cris.boxmetadata.label.issue
5
cris.boxmetadata.label.language
English
cris.boxmetadata.label.ocdeknowledgeArea
Neurología clínica
Parasitología
cris.boxmetadata.label.doi
cris.boxmetadata.label.scopusidentifier
2-s2.0-85095861106
cris.boxmetadata.label.pubmedidentifier
cris.boxmetadata.label.source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
cris.boxmetadata.label.containerissn
00029637
cris.boxmetadata.label.sponsor
Financial support: S. S. S. is supported by training grant TW001140 from the Fogarty International Center, NIH.
peru-layout.shadow-copies
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus