Mahanty, Siddhartha; Orrego, Miguel A.; Cangalaya, Carla; Adrianzen, M. Paz; Arroyo, Gianfranco; Calcina, Juan; Gonzalez, Armando E.; García, Héctor H.; Guerra-Giraldez, Cristina; Nash, Theodore E.; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
(PLoS, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an infection of the brain with the larval cyst of the tapeworm, Taenia solium. Cysticidal treatment induces parasite killing resulting in a post inflammatory response and seizures, ...