solium, the life cycle of which involves pigs as the usual intermediate host (cysticercosis, larval infection) and humans as the sole definitive host, harboring ...Figure1-availablevialicense:CreativeCommonsAttribution4.0InternationalContentmaybesubjecttocopyright.DownloadViewpublicationCopyreferenceCopycaptionEmbedfigureLifecycleofTaeniasoliumcysticercosis(source:CDC-DPDx).Cysticercosisisaninfectionofbothhumansandpigswiththelarvalstagesoftheparasiticcestode,Taeniasolium.Thisinfectioniscausedbyingestionofeggsshedinthefecesofahumantapewormcarrier(1).Pigsandhumansbecomeinfectedbyingestingeggsorgravidproglottids(2),(7).Humansareinfectedeitherbyingestionoffoodcontaminatedwithfeces,orbyautoinfection.Inthelattercase,ahumaninfectedwithadultT.soliumcaningesteggsproducedbythattapeworm,eitherthroughfecalcontaminationor,possibly,fromproglottidscarriedintothestomachbyreverseperistalsis.Onceeggsareingested,oncosphereshatchintheintestine(3),(8)invadetheintestinalwall,andmigratetostriatedmuscles,aswellasthebrain,liver,andothertissues,wheretheydevelopintocysticerci(9).Inhumans,cystscancauseserioussequellaeiftheylocalizeinthebrain,resultinginneurocysticercosis.Theparasitelifecycleiscompleted,resultinginhumantapeworminfection,whenhumansingestunder-cookedporkcontainingcysticerci(4).Cystsevaginateandattachtothesmallintestinebytheirscolex(5).Adulttapewormsdevelop,(upto2to7minlengthandproducelessthan1000proglottids,eachwithapproximately50,000eggs)andresideinthesmallintestineforyears(6).(ThislifecycleisavailableonlineatURL:dpdx/HTML/Cysticercosis.htm).doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000870.g001 Sourcepublication+7ASystematicReviewoftheFrequencyofNeurocyticercosiswithaFocusonPeoplewithEpilepsyArticleFull-textavailableNov2010PatrickCNdimubanziHélèneCarabinChristineBudke[...]JulieAStonerTheobjectiveofthisstudyistoconductasystematicreviewofstudiesreportingthefrequencyofneurocysticercosis(NCC)worldwide.PubMed,CommonwealthAgriculturalBureau(CAB)abstractsand23internationaldatabasesweresystematicallyse