Case report: Three cases of neurocysticercosis in central Africa

García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Mukuku, O.; Bugeme, M.; Sánchez, S.S.

dc.contributor.author	Mukuku, O.
dc.contributor.author	Sánchez, S.S.
dc.contributor.author	Bugeme, M.
dc.contributor.author	García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.date.accessioned	2020-12-14T16:10:01Z
dc.date.available	2020-12-14T16:10:01Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8745
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH Journal)
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Case Report	en_US
dc.subject	Neurocysticercosis	en_US
dc.subject	Central Africa	en_US
dc.title	Case report: Three cases of neurocysticercosis in central Africa	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.19-0759
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn	1476-1645