The burden of T. solium cysticercosis and selected neuropsychiatric disorders in Mocuba district, Zambezia province, Mozambique.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Taenia solium (neuro-)cysticercosis, a neglected tropical disease, can be associated with epileptic seizures and other neuropsychiatric (= neurological and psychiatric) disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the association of T. solium cysticercosis with selected neuropsychiatric disorders and/or symptoms (chronic headache, epileptic seizures/epilepsy and psychosis) in Mocuba district, Mozambique.

Methodology

Between March and May 2018, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,086 participants aged 2 years or above in Mocuba district, Zambézia province, central Mozambique, to assess the seroprevalence of human cysticercosis and risk factors for infection, as well as to explore its relation to selected neuropsychiatric disorders. Socio-demographic and clinic

SUBMITTER: Langa I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9321429 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature