Dissertation/ Thesis
Study of Anti-cysticercal Antibodies to Taenia Solium in the Serum of Epileptic Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital.
| العنوان: | Study of Anti-cysticercal Antibodies to Taenia Solium in the Serum of Epileptic Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital. |
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| المؤلفون: | Arthi, E |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | ePrints@TNMGRM (Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Microbiology |
| الوصف: | INTRODUCTION: Cysticercosis is a parasitic infection of the larval form of the zoonotic cestode , Taenia solium. When humans are infected with the adult worm or the larval stage it causes Taenisis and Cysticercosis respectively. Infection of the central nervous system with the larval form is called Neurocysticercosis (NCC). It is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system. It is also the leading cause of epilepsy in the developing world. Neurocysticercosis is a disease associated with poverty and poor hygienic practices . It is the disease of major public health importance in the developing countries especially Latin America, India, Africa and China. Recently, there has been rising trends of the disease in the developed countries due to ease of international travel and increasing immigrants from the endemic areas. About 2.5 million people worldwide are tapeworm carriers and nearly 20 million people are infected with cysticerci. Cysticercosis / Taeniasis is emerging as a serious public health and agricultural problem in many developing areas of the world. India being a developing country, with large populations below the poverty line, neurocysticercosis is highly prevalent here. The disease is known to have existed in India for several years. A study done by Dixon and Lipscomb in 1961, in 450 British soldiers who served in India , brought to light the latency of the disease and other features. But it did not draw attention to the disease burden in India. There is little epidemiological data on the prevalence of taeniasis , human or porcine cysticercosis in India. Hence, in view of the burden of epilepsy patients in our country and the significant contribution of NCC to this, this present study was undertaken to estimate the seroprevalence of Neurocysticercosis among epilepsy patients in Chennai. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES : To study the prevalence of anti cysticercus antibodies to T.solium in the serum of the epilepsy patients. To estimate the proportion of NCC cases in the epilepsy patients ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | thesis |
| وصف الملف: | text |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/1678/1/200400213arthi.pdf; Arthi, E (2013) Study of Anti-cysticercal Antibodies to Taenia Solium in the Serum of Epileptic Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital. Masters thesis, Stanley Medical College, Chennai. |
| الاتاحة: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/1678/ http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/1678/1/200400213arthi.pdf |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.26DD5C35 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |