Search results for "Taeniasis"

Different clinical allergological features of Taenia solium infestation

2016

The tapeworm Taenia (T.) solium can be responsible for two different conditions: taeniasis and cysticercosis. Helminth infections in human host cause an immune response associated with elevated levels of IgE, tissue eosinophilia and mastocytosis, and with the presence of CD4+ T cells that preferentially produce IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13. Individuals exposed to helminth infections may have allergic inflammatory responses to parasites and parasite antigens. PubMed search of human cases of allergic reactions occurring during T. solium infestation was performed combining the terms (allergy, urticaria, angioedema, asthma, anaphylaxis) with T. solium. A study was considered eligible for inclusion in …

Taeniasis vs cysticercosis infection routes

2016

Although cysticercosis caused by Taenia solium ( T. soliu ) is considered a neglected disease, its life cycle has been well known for more than two centuries. T. solium not only causes cysticercosis but also taeniasis in humans. These two diseases have totally different infection routes. To acquire taeniasis (the presence of the adult stage of T. solium in the intestine), humans have to ingest the larval stage (cysticercus) that infects a variety of organs and viscera in pigs, its intermediate hosts. Therefore, taeniasis is acquired when eating raw or undercooked infected pork. The adult stage in the human intestine release eggs that contain a hexacanth embryo, the oncosphere. If humans acc…

About human taeniasis and Taenia saginata diagnosis by endoscopy

2016

La carta al editor se refiere al articulo de Canaval-Zuleta et al. aceptado para publicacion, titulado "Endoscopy as an alternative diagnostic and therapeutic technique for Taenia saginata". El trabajo presenta una serie de incorrecciones que deben ser aclaradas, o al menos parte de ellas en solo 300 palabras. La informacion sobre las vias de infeccion en taeniasis, asi como la patogenia y tecnicas de diagnostico, no se ajustan a la realidad. Asimismo, ya esta publicado que el diagnostico por endoscopia es una tecnica muy sensible pero nada especifica, pues no permite distinguir entre las 3 especies humanas del genero Taenia.

Correction to: Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: eastern Europe

2019

Taenia solium and Taenia saginata are food-borne parasites of global importance. In eastern Europe only fragmented information is available on the epidemiology of these zoonotic parasites in humans and animal populations. In particular for T. solium, on-going transmission is suspected. The aim of this systematic review was to collect the available data and describe the current knowledge on the epidemiology of T. solium and T. saginata in eastern Europe.Literature published in international databases from 1990 to 2017 was systematically reviewed. Furthermore, local sources and unpublished data from national databases were retrieved from local eastern European experts. The study area included…

COMMENTS ON TAENIA GUESTS IN HUMANS.

2016

Human cysticercosis and larval tropism of Taenia asiatica

2000

Taenia solium, T. saginata and the recently discovered T. asiatica1xTaiwan Taenia and taeniasis. Fan, P.C. Parasitol. Today. 1988; 4: 86–88Abstract | Full Text PDF | PubMed | Scopus (61)See all References, 2xMorphologic descriptions of Taenia asiatica sp. n.. Eom, K.S. and Rim, H.J. Korean J. Parasitol. 1993; 31: 1–6Crossref | PubMedSee all References, 3xMorphological description of Taenia saginata asiatica (Cyclophyllidea: Taeniidae) from man in Asia. Fan, P.C. et al. J. Helminthol. 1995; 69: 299–303Crossref | PubMed | Scopus (44)See all References, are species of taeniid cestodes whose adult stages are known to infect humans. Less clear is whether the eggs of T. asiatica also infect human…

Epidemiology and surveillance of human (neuro)cysticercosis in Europe: is enhanced surveillance required?

2020

To report on relevant national surveillance systems of (N)CC and taeniasis (the infection with the adult tapeworm) in the European Union/European Economic Area and to assess the magnitude of (N)CC occurrence by retrieving information on cases for the period 2000-2016.(N)CC cases were retrieved via national reporting systems, a systematic literature search, contact with clinicians and a search for relevant 'International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems' (ICD)-based data.Mandatory notification systems for (N)CC were found in Hungary, Iceland and Poland. Ten cases were reported in Poland and none in Hungary and Iceland. Through the systematic literature revie…

Taenia asiatica: the Most Neglected Human Taenia and the Possibility of Cysticercosis

2013

Not only Taenia solium and Taenia saginata, but also Taenia asiatica infects humans. The last species is not included in the evaluation of the specificity of the immunodiagnostic techniques for taeniasis/cysticercosis. There is currently no specific immunodiagnostic method for T. asiatica available. Therefore, due to the fact that molecular techniques (the only tool to distinguish the 3 Taenia species) are normally not employed in routine diagnostic methods, the 2 questions concerning T. asiatica (its definite geographic distribution and its ability to cause human cysticercosis), remain open, turning T. asiatica into the most neglected agent of human taeniasis-cysticercosis.

About people, pig movements and pork 'tapeworms'.

2015

Taenia Species, Uterine Branches and Capsule Endoscopy

2018

Hamada et al. show, in their article, several proglottids of an adult stage of a Taenia species in the small bowel of a woman by capsule endoscopy (1). One of the images clearly shows a gravid proglottid that allows the view of the characteristic Taenia uterus morphology, with a central axis and a n