Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosis
Taenia solium is a parasite that causes human cysticercosis. Its life cycle includes the adult stage, the egg and the larval stage. Human cysticercosis is a disease related to underdevelopment, the main clinical manifestation is neurocysticercosis. Control measures include mass cestocidal treatment...
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| description | Taenia solium is a parasite that causes human cysticercosis. Its life cycle includes the adult stage, the egg and the larval stage. Human cysticercosis is a disease related to underdevelopment, the main clinical manifestation is neurocysticercosis. Control measures include mass cestocidal treatment aimed to cure possible taeniosis cases. Although useful it has certain disadvantages, such as the generation of symptomatology in occult neurocysticercosis. Alternatively, health education has been shown to be highly effective since people become aware of the importance of human and porcine cysticercosis and the possibility of eliminating it. Nevertheless it has to be implemented by knowledgeable people. On the other hand, the life cycle can be controlled by avoiding swine cysticercosis. This review describes the studies performed to vaccinate pigs against T. solium and indicate that short time perspectives are very encouraging for the production of an optimal vaccine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f76c5cacbcf742998b27eb1551d0c4452023-08-02T09:16:22ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz0074-02761678-80602001-04-0196335335610.1590/S0074-02762001000300012Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosisAna FlisserMarshall W LightowlersTaenia solium is a parasite that causes human cysticercosis. Its life cycle includes the adult stage, the egg and the larval stage. Human cysticercosis is a disease related to underdevelopment, the main clinical manifestation is neurocysticercosis. Control measures include mass cestocidal treatment aimed to cure possible taeniosis cases. Although useful it has certain disadvantages, such as the generation of symptomatology in occult neurocysticercosis. Alternatively, health education has been shown to be highly effective since people become aware of the importance of human and porcine cysticercosis and the possibility of eliminating it. Nevertheless it has to be implemented by knowledgeable people. On the other hand, the life cycle can be controlled by avoiding swine cysticercosis. This review describes the studies performed to vaccinate pigs against T. solium and indicate that short time perspectives are very encouraging for the production of an optimal vaccine.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000300012cysticercosisswineTaenia soliumvaccination |
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| title | Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosis |
| title_full | Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosis |
| title_fullStr | Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosis |
| title_short | Vaccination against Taenia solium cysticercosis |
| title_sort | vaccination against taenia solium cysticercosis |
| topic | cysticercosis swine Taenia solium vaccination |
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