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- noun medicine The presence of
cysts in theparenchyma of thebrain , often associated withseizures .
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A truer picture of the numbers are the 30 to 40 cases of brain-affecting disease from the pork tapeworm - known as neurocysticercosis - treated by Tucson's top exotic infectious disease specialist, Dr. Eskild Petersen at the University of Arizona, during his 30-year career.
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A truer picture of the numbers are the 30 to 40 cases of brain-affecting disease from the pork tapeworm - known as neurocysticercosis - treated by Tucson's top exotic infectious disease specialist, Dr. Eskild Petersen at the University of Arizona, during his 30-year career.
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The most serious consequence of infection is a disease called neurocysticercosis, which occurs when the larval cysts (or cysticerci) of the parasite enter the central nervous system and become lodged in the brain, spinal cord or eyes.
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This could ultimately lead to a reduction, or elimination, of the human brain disease known as neurocysticercosis ".
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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He was treated for the last four months of the year in Orlando, after tests in August revealed that he had neurocysticercosis, a parasitic infection that causes a brain abscess.
USATODAY.com - Bovina, Zimonjic keep Navratilova, Paes from doubles crown 2004
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May 3rd, 2006 at 8:01 pm rwcole – hog cholera sounds slightly better than something else you can get from eating contaminated pork in the Rio Grande Valley – neurocysticercosis.
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Vaccine could result in elimination of the parasite that causes neurocysticercosis unltd. org If you like this ...
WN.com - Articles related to Facebook blamed for soaring sex diseases 2010
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While many people never develop symptoms, neurocysticercosis nevertheless "remains a serious health concern, especially among the poor," Loyola researchers wrote in the April issue of the journal
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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In Mexico, up to 10 percent of the population may have the infection, neurocysticercosis.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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In humans the infection causes neurocysticercosis - the most frequent preventable cause of epilepsy in the developing world.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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