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Epidemiology of neurocysticercosis in Brazil
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Agapejev, Svetlana |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | A revision of literature was done with the objective of tracing an epidemiologic profile of neurocysticercosis (NCC) in Brazil. The prevalence was 0.12-9% in autopsies. The frequency was 0.03-7.5% in clinical series and 0.68-5.2% in seroepidemiological studies. The disease corresponds to 0.08-2.5% of admissions to general hospitals. Patient origin was rural in 30-63% of cases. The most involved age range (64-100%) was 11 to 60 years, with a predominance (22-67%) between 21 and 40 years. The male sex was the most affected (51-80%). In the severe forms there was a predominance of urban origin (53-62%) and of the female sex (53-75%). The period of hospitalization ranges from 1 to 254 days and 33 to 50% of patients suffer 1.7 ± 1.4 admissions. The clinical picture was variable, with a predominance of epileptic syndrome (22-92%) and intracranial hypertension (19-89%). Psychiatric manifestations were associated in 9-23% of patients. Lethality was 0.29% in terms of all diseases in general and 4.8-25.9% in terms of neurologic diseases. The asymptomatic form was detected in 6% of patients in clinical serie and in 48.5% of case from autopsies. The racemose form and ventricular localization also was observed as asymptomatic form. Among the patients with cutaneous cysticercosis 65% of them showed neurologic manifestations. |
| Related Links | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rimtsp/v38n3/a08v38n3.pdf http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S0036-46651996000300008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |
| Ending Page | 216 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| Starting Page | 207 |
| e-ISSN | 16789946 |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0036-46651996000300008 |
| Journal | Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 38 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) |
| Publisher Date | 1996-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Revista Do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Tropical Medicine Neurocysticercosis Seroepidemiological |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
