WHO guidelines on management of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis [Internet]

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Taenia solium is a zoonotic tapeworm which causes taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans. The total number of people with symptomatic or asymptomatic neurocysticercosis is estimated to be 2.56–8.30 million from the data available. Incongruity among studies, however, demonstrates the extent to which neurocysticercosis remains an understudied, misunderstood, neglected tropical disease.