Foodborne parasites and their complex life cycles challenging food safety in different food chains

S Gabriël, P Dorny, G Saelens, V Dermauw - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Zoonotic foodborne parasites often represent complex, multi host life cycles with parasite
stages in the hosts, but also in the environment. This manuscript aims to provide an …

The potential of diagnostic point‐of‐care tests (POCTs) for infectious and zoonotic animal diseases in developing countries: Technical, regulatory and sociocultural …

EC Hobbs, A Colling, RB Gurung… - … and Emerging Diseases, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Remote and rural communities in low‐and middle‐income countries (LMICs) are
disproportionately affected by infectious animal diseases due to their close contact with …

Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis: From parasite biology and immunology to diagnosis and control

MA Dixon, P Winskill, WE Harrison… - Advances in Parasitology, 2021 - Elsevier
Infection with the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) is responsible for a substantial global
burden of disease, not only restricted to its impact on human health, but also resulting in a …

Strategies for tackling Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review and comparison of transmission models, including an assessment of the wider …

MA Dixon, UC Braae, P Winskill, M Walker… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The cestode Taenia solium causes the neglected (zoonotic) tropical disease
cysticercosis, a leading cause of preventable epilepsy in endemic low and middle-income …

A scoping review of burden of disease studies estimating disability-adjusted life years due to Taenia solium

A Larkins, M Bruce, C Di Bari… - PLOS Neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Taenia solium is the most significant global foodborne parasite and the leading
cause of preventable human epilepsy in low and middle-income countries in the form of …

Development of a dose-response model for porcine cysticercosis

DA Andrade-Mogrovejo, E Gonzales-Gustavson… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Taenia solium is an important cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide and remains endemic
in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Transmission of this parasite is still poorly understood …

[HTML][HTML] Taenia solium control in Zambia: The potholed road to success

S Gabriël, KE Mwape, IK Phiri… - Parasite epidemiology …, 2019 - Elsevier
The taeniosis/cysticercosis neglected zoonotic disease complex is caused by Taenia solium,
and is associated with significant economic and public health impacts. This paper reviews …

[HTML][HTML] The World Health Organization 2030 goals for Taenia solium: Insights and perspectives from transmission dynamics modelling: CystiTeam Group for …

CTG for Epidemiology - Gates Open Research, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Taenia solium (TS), responsible for porcine cysticercosis, human taeniasis and (neuro)
cysticercosis, was included in the World Health Organization neglected tropical disease …

Effects of 'The Vicious Worm' educational tool on Taenia solium knowledge retention in Zambian primary school students after one year

EC Hobbs, KE Mwape… - PLOS Neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Taenia solium is a neglected zoonotic parasite endemic throughout many low-
income countries worldwide, including Zambia, where it causes human and pig diseases …

Control of Taenia solium; A Case for Public and Private Sector Investment

LF Thomas, EAJ Cook, EM Fèvre… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The zoonotic helminth T. solium is one of the leading causes of acquired epilepsy in
endemic countries, resulting in a high burden both in human health and social stigma of …