NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS: A CLINICAL HANDBOOK.
1999; Oxford University Press; Volume: 122; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/brain/122.2.372
ISSN1460-2156
Autores Tópico(s)Parasitic infections in humans and animals
ResumoBy Oscar H. Del Brutto, Julio Sotelo and Gustavo C. Roman. 1998. Pp. 216. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets and Zeitlinger.Price $88. ISBN 90-265-1513-8. Infection is still a major cause of disease of the central nervous system. Of the 50 million people infected with cysticerci, 50 thousand will die each year, according to Professor Wadia in his introduction; not on the scale of cerebral malaria perhaps but in its home areas just as important. In 1991, in Montevideo, the neurologists of Latin America declared war on cysticercosis and expressed concern at `apathy of the public health authorities and the governments of the region regarding this disease'. This book describes itself as a clinical handbook that is addressed primarily to neurologists and neurosurgeons and should make a significant contribution to the effort to bring cysticercosis out of the woodwork. Several factors have contributed to the reawakening of interest in a disease which was recognized in pigs by early Greek, Roman and Arab physicians, and in man since the 16th century. Its epidemiology has been better understood over the past 100 years and recent stimuli include a clearer understanding of the neuro-anatomy through new imaging techniques, and new drugs for chemotherapy developed over the last 15 years. The book takes stock and reviews the disease and its impact on …
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