Title
Screening, diagnosis and management of human cysticercosis and Taenia solium taeniasis: technical recommendations by the COHEMI project study group
Date Issued
01 July 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Zammarchi L.
Bonati M.
Strohmeyer M.
Albonico M.
Requena-Méndez A.
Bisoffi Z.
Nicoletti A.
Bartoloni A.
Pandolfini C.
Severino F.
Confalonieri V.
Tognoni G.
Buonfrate D.
Angheben A.
Bartalesi F.
Muñoz J.
Roura M.
Ventura L.
Pool R.
Pell C.
Hardon A.
Chiodini P.
Moreira J.
Anselmi M.
Sempértegui R.
Liendo C.
Torrico F.
Lozano D.
Cabrera T.H.
Morón J.O.
Cuellar I.A.
Suarez J.A.
Rojas G.C.
Bruno E.
Publisher(s)
John Wiley & Sons
Abstract
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.
Start page
881
End page
894
Volume
22
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85020073135
PubMed ID
Source
Tropical Medicine and International Health
ISSN of the container
1360-2276
Sponsor(s)
This work has been supported by the EC within the 7th Framework Program under grant agreement no. FP7-GA-261495. We thank Miss Elizabeth Cavanaugh Vincent for proofreading and English corrections and the COHEMI (COordinating resources to assess and improve HEalth status of MIgrants from Latin America)-project study group that includes: Maurizio Bonatia, Chiara Pandolfinia, Francesca Severinoa, Valeria Confalonieria, Gianni Tognonia, Zeno Bisoffib, Dora Buonfrateb, Andrea Anghebenb, Marco Albonicob, Alessandro Bartolonic, Marianne Strohmeyerc, Lorenzo Zammarchic, Filippo Bartalesid, Jose Muñoze, Ana Requena-Mendeze, Maria Rourae, Laia Venturae, Robert Poolf, Christopher Pellf, Anita Hardonf, Peter Chiodinig, Juan Moreirah, Mariella Anselmih, Roberto Sempérteguih, Eduardo Gotuzzoi, Maria Alejandra Menai, Carola Liendoi, Héctor H. Garciaj, Javier Bustosj, Saul Santivañezj, Faustino Torricok, Daniel Lozanok, Teresa Hinojosa Cabreral, Javier Ochoa Morónl, Ignacio Abapori Cuellarl, Jaime Amorós Suarezl, Guido Chumiray Rojasl, Alessandra Nicolettim, Elisa Brunom. aDepartment of Public Health, Laboratory for Mother and Child Health, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy. bCentre for Tropical Diseases, Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Verona, Italy. cInfectious Disease Unit, Department of Experimental & Clinical Medicine, University of Florence School of Medicine, Florence, Italy. dSOD Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy. eServicio de Medicina Tropical y Salud Internacional, Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. fCentre for Social Science and Global Health, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. gHospital for Tropical Diseases and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. hCentre for Community Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine, Esmeraldas, Ecuador. iInstituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. jCysticercosis Unit, Instituto de Ciencias Neurológicas, Department of Microbiology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. kColectivo de Estudios Aplicados y Desarrollo Social, Cochabamba, Bolivia. lTaller de Educación y Comunicación TEKO-GUARANÌ, Camiri, Bolivia. mDipartimento G.F. Ingrassia Sezione di Neuroscienze, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy.
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