Tapeworm Infection — The Long and the Short of It

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A diagnosis of neurocysticercosis, commonly caused by the larva of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium, is rare enough to qualify for presentation at grand rounds in most medical centers throughout the United States. However, in Latin America and South Africa,1 it is a frequent cause of clinical manifestations arising from lesions in the central nervous system. Two reports in this issue of the Journal focus attention on the facts that this condition remains a major health threat throughout Mexico2 and that one need not live there to be at risk of this serious, occasionally life-threatening disease.3 In the United . . .

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