In the past 50 years, enormous progress has been made in the diagnosis, treatment and
control of taeniid cestode infections/diseases and in the scientific understanding thereof …

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 …

Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis with significant
economic and public health impacts. Control measures can be broadly grouped into …

Neurocysticercosis continues to be a major health burden on humans living in many regions
of the world, despite the availability of highly effective taeniacides and identification of the …

Neurocysticercosis is an important cause of epilepsy in many developing countries. The
disease is a zoonosis caused by the cestode parasite Taenia solium. Many potential …

Taenia solium is a zoonotic cestode parasite which causes human neurocysticercosis. Pigs
transmit the parasite by acting as the intermediate host. An intervention was implemented to …

Cysticercosis is a parasitic disease that frequently involves the human central nervous
system (CNS), and current treatment options are limited. Oxfendazole, a veterinary medicine …

Neurocysticercosis and trichuriasis are difficult-to-treat parasitic infections that affect more
than 1.5 billion people worldwide. Oxfendazole, a potent broad-spectrum benzimidazole …

ABSTRACT Introduction: Oxfendazole (methyl [5-(phenylsulphinyl)-1H benzimidazole-2-yl]
carbamate) has a particularly long metabolic half-life in ruminants, and its metabolite …

Following confirmation that a remote village of approximately 300 inhabitants in northern
Lao PDR was hyperendemic for the Neglected Tropical Disease Taenia solium, a pilot …