List of works by Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

A novel Taenia solium protein that resembles troponin T proteins

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A trial of antiparasitic treatment to reduce the rate of seizures due to cerebral cysticercosis

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Absence of brain involvement and factors related to positive serology in a prospective series of 61 cases with pulmonary hydatid disease

scientific article published on July 2008

Antiparasitic treatment of neurocysticercosis - The effect of cyst destruction in seizure evolution

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Case 15-2012: Diplopia, headaches, and papilledema

scientific article published in August 2012

Characterization of a novel Taenia solium oncosphere antigen.

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Circulating parasite antigen in patients with hydrocephalus secondary to neurocysticercosis

scientific article published in April 2002

Cysticidal Efficacy of Combined Treatment With Praziquantel and Albendazole for Parenchymal Brain Cysticercosis

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

Detection of Taenia solium antigens and anti-T. solium antibodies in paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with intraparenchymal or extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis

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Detection of Taenia solium taeniasis coproantigen is an early indicator of treatment failure for taeniasis

scientific article published on 15 February 2012

Detection of muscle calcifications by thigh CT scan in neurocysticercosis patients.

scientific article published in October 2005

Differential diagnosis between cerebral tuberculosis and neurocysticercosis by magnetic resonance spectroscopy

scientific article published in January 2005

Diphyllobothrium pacificum infection is seldom associated with megaloblastic anemia

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Efficacy of a 3-day course of albendazole treatment in patients with a single neurocysticercosis cyst

scientific article published on 19 January 2005

Efficacy of a single oral dose of oxfendazole against Fasciola hepatica in naturally infected sheep

scientific article published on March 2012

Efficacy of combined antiparasitic therapy with praziquantel and albendazole for neurocysticercosis: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial

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Efficacy of diverse antiparasitic treatments for cysticercosis in the pig model

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Elimination of Taenia solium Transmission in Northern Peru

scientific article published on June 2016

Enhanced steroid dosing reduces seizures during antiparasitic treatment for cysticercosis and early after

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Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis: an incidence study in a Peruvian rural population

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Experimental porcine cysticercosis using infected beetles with Taenia solium eggs.

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Failure of one-day praziquantel treatment in patients with multiple neurocysticercosis lesions

scientific article published in October 2001

Genetic variability of Taenia solium cysticerci recovered from experimentally infected pigs and from naturally infected pigs using microsatellite markers

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Geographic correlation between tapeworm carriers and heavily infected cysticercotic pigs

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High Prevalence of Asymptomatic Neurocysticercosis in an Endemic Rural Community in Peru

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

High frequency of spinal involvement in patients with basal subarachnoid neurocysticercosis

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Human hydatid disease in Peru is basically restricted to Echinococcus granulosus genotype G1.

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Hymenolepis nana infection: symptoms and response to nitazoxanide in field conditions

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Identification and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers Derived from the Whole Genome Analysis of Taenia solium

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Immunology of Taenia solium taeniasis and human cysticercosis

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In Vitro Study of Taenia solium Postoncospheral Form

scientific article published on 10 February 2016

In vitro analysis of albendazole sulfoxide enantiomers shows that (+)-(R)-albendazole sulfoxide is the active enantiomer against Taenia solium

scientific article published on 10 December 2012

Inflammation is a key risk factor for persistent seizures in neurocysticercosis.

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Low sensitivity and frequent cross-reactions in commercially available antibody detection ELISA assays for Taenia solium cysticercosis.

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Nested PCR for specific diagnosis of Taenia solium taeniasis

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Neurocysticercosis and the global world

scientific article published in August 2002

Neurocysticercosis as a cause of epilepsy and seizures in two community-based studies in a cysticercosis-endemic region in Peru

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Neurocysticercosis: association between seizures, serology, and brain CT in rural Peru

scientific article published in July 2005

Neurocysticercosis: is serology useful in the absence of brain imaging?

scientific article published on 19 July 2012

Neurocysticercosis: unraveling the nature of the single cysticercal granuloma

scientific article published on August 2010

Neurocysticercosis: updated concepts about an old disease

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Pathogenesis of Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis

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Perilesional brain oedema and seizure activity in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis: a prospective cohort and nested case-control study

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Pharmacokinetics of combined treatment with praziquantel and albendazole in neurocysticercosis

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Preclinical studies on the pharmacokinetics, safety, and toxicology of oxfendazole: toward first in human studies

scientific article published on 20 February 2015

Prevention and control of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in Peru

scientific article published on September 2012

Protection of pigs with cysticercosis from further infections after treatment with oxfendazole

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Proteomic study of activated Taenia solium oncospheres

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Relationship between serum antibodies and Taenia solium larvae burden in pigs raised in field conditions

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Residual brain calcifications in neurocysticercosis.

scientific article published in March 2008

Ring-screening to control endemic transmission of Taenia solium

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Seizures, cysticercosis and rural-to-urban migration: the PERU MIGRANT study

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Seroincidence of porcine T. solium infection in the Peruvian highlands

scientific article published in April 2003

Short report: secondary transmission in porcine cysticercosis: description and their potential implications for control sustainability

scientific article published in September 2005

Short report: transient antibody response in Taenia solium infection in field conditions-a major contributor to high seroprevalence.

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Strategies for the elimination of taeniasis/cysticercosis

scientific article published on 2 August 2007

Successful Antiparasitic Treatment for Cysticercosis is Associated with a Fast and Marked Reduction of Circulating Antigen Levels in a Naturally Infected Pig Model

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Swine cysticercosis hotspots surrounding Taenia solium tapeworm carriers.

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TNF-α blockade suppresses pericystic inflammation following anthelmintic treatment in porcine neurocysticercosis

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Taenia solium cysticercosis hotspots surrounding tapeworm carriers: clustering on human seroprevalence but not on seizures.

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Taenia solium infection in Peru: a collaboration between Peace Corps Volunteers and researchers in a community based study

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Taenia solium oncosphere adhesion to intestinal epithelial and Chinese hamster ovary cells in vitro

scientific article published on 13 August 2007

The taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis) and the red brocket deer (Mazama americana) as intermediate hosts of Taenia hydatigena in Peru, morphological and molecular evidence

scientific article published on 6 August 2015

Validity of the Enzyme-linked Immunoelectrotransfer Blot (EITB) for naturally acquired porcine cysticercosis

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