Neurocysticercosis Among Zambian Children and Adolescents With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Geographic Information Systems Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the brain and a leading cause of epilepsy in resource-limited settings. Although neurocysticercosis and human immunodeficiency virus coinfections have commonly been reported, there are few data on how they interact. As part of an observational study of human immunodeficiency virus and cognition in Lusaka, Zambia, we identified a cluster of subjects with neurocysticercosis. We hypothesized that the neighborhood of residence may be an important factor driving clustering of neurocysticercosis and used a geographic information systems approach to investigate this association.

Methods

A total of 34 subjects with human immunodeficiency virus and 13 subjects without human immunodeficiency virus (aged eight to 1

SUBMITTER: Buda A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864625 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature