cris.boxmetadata.label.title
Population Screening for Urine Antigens to Detect Asymptomatic Subarachnoid Neurocysticercosis: A Pilot Study in Northern Peru
cris.boxmetadata.label.dateissued
01 browse.startsWith.months.september 2020
cris.boxmetadata.label.accesslevel
open access
cris.boxmetadata.label.resourcetype
journal article
cris.boxmetadata.label.authors
cris.boxmetadata.label.publisher
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
cris.boxmetadata.label.abstract
Subarachnoid neurocysticercosis (SANCC) is a severe and progressive brain infection with Taenia solium. We performed a pilot study of noninvasive screening for SANCC in two endemic villages in northern Peru using a urine antigen screen followed by brain magnetic resonance imaging for participants with elevated levels of antigen. Among the 978 participants screened, we identified eight individuals with SANCC, many of whom were asymptomatic. This represents a minimum prevalence of 0.8% of SANCC, a level higher than expected based on prior studies, and a positive predictive value of 62% for our novel urine screening test. Future studies should confirm whether early detection and management improve clinical outcomes.
cris.boxmetadata.label.citationstartpage
1125
cris.boxmetadata.label.citationendpage
1128
cris.boxmetadata.label.volume
103
cris.boxmetadata.label.issue
3
cris.boxmetadata.label.language
English
cris.boxmetadata.label.ocdeknowledgeArea
Parasitología Neurología clínica
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cris.boxmetadata.label.scopusidentifier
2-s2.0-85090508622
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cris.boxmetadata.label.source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
cris.boxmetadata.label.containerissn
00029637
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Financial support: This research was made possible with support from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the Fogarty International Center (FIC) under the Brain Disorders in the Developing World: Research Across the Lifespan program (Grant R01NS103623), and the Fogarty Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program (D43TW001140).
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