Human taeniasis: current insights into prevention and management strategies in endemic countries

AL Okello, LF Thomas - Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Human taeniasis is a zoonotic condition resulting from infection with the adult stages of
Taenia saginata (“beef tapeworm”), Taenia solium (“pork tapeworm”) or Taenia asiatica …

Zoonotic helminth infections of humans: echinococcosis, cysticercosis and fascioliasis

HH Garcia, PL Moro, PM Schantz - Current opinion in infectious …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Recent research has provided new diagnostic technologies applicable to diagnosis,
treatment and control, but effective interventions to reduce transmission are rarely applied …

[HTML][HTML] Elimination of Taenia solium transmission to pigs in a field trial of the TSOL18 vaccine in Cameroon

E Assana, CT Kyngdon, CG Gauci, S Geerts… - International journal for …, 2010 - Elsevier
A pilot field trial of the TSOL18 vaccine was undertaken in Cameroon. Two hundred and
forty, 2–3month-old piglets were distributed to 114 individual households in pairs …

Control of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis: The best way forward for sub-Saharan Africa?

S Gabriël, P Dorny, KE Mwape, C Trevisan, UC Braae… - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis with significant
economic and public health impacts. Control measures can be broadly grouped into …

Eradication of Taenia solium cysticercosis: a role for vaccination of pigs

MW Lightowlers - International Journal for Parasitology, 2010 - Elsevier
Taenia solium is the causative agent of neurocysticercosis, a disease responsible for
substantial human morbidity and mortality. It is a zoonotic parasite, involving pigs as …

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 …

Control of Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis: past practices and new possibilities

MW Lightowlers - Parasitology, 2013 - cambridge.org
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 …

Assessing the impact of intervention strategies against Taenia solium cysticercosis using the EPICYST transmission model

P Winskill, WE Harrison, MD French, MA Dixon… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, and associated human infections,
taeniasis, cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis, are serious public health problems …

Research Progress on the Development of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Vaccines

H Zhang, Q Luo, Y He, Y Zheng, H Sha, G Li… - Veterinary …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Vaccine immunization measures are mainly adopted for porcine
reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) prevention. We summarize the advantages …

Inexpensive anti-cysticercosis vaccine: S3Pvac expressed in heat inactivated M13 filamentous phage proves effective against naturally acquired Taenia solium …

J Morales, JJ Martínez, K Manoutcharian, M Hernández… - Vaccine, 2008 - Elsevier
In search of reducing vaccine production costs', a recombinant M13 phage version of the
anti-cysticercosis tripeptide vaccine (S3Pvac) was developed. The efficacy of S3Pvac-Phage …