Diseases

Cysticercosis

Infection with CYSTICERCUS, the larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man). In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum. Brain involvement results in NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS.

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Infection with CYSTICERCUS, the larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man). In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum. Brain involvement results in NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS.

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  • Coenuri Infection
  • Coenurosis
  • Coenurus Infection
  • Coenuri Infections
  • Coenuroses
  • Coenurus Infections
  • Cysticercoses
  • Infection, Coenuri
  • Infection, Coenurus
  • Coenurus cerebralis Infection
  • Cysticercus cellulosae Infection
  • Taenia solium Cysticercosis
  • Coenurus cerebralis Infections
  • Cysticercosis, Taenia solium
  • Cysticercus cellulosae Infections
  • Infection, Coenurus cerebralis
  • Infection, Cysticercus cellulosae
  • Taenia solium Cysticercoses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS is also available.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cysticercosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003551. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003551
  2. Cysticercosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysticercosis
  3. Cysticercosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q246068