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Sparganosis

Horii, Y. et al., François, A. et al., Nishiyama, T. et al., Song, C.Y. et al., Torres, J.R. et al., et al.

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Disease relevance of Sparganosis

All clinical, parasitologic, and pathologic features of these cysticerci were very different from those of all other larval cestode (i.e., Taenia solium cysticercosis, coenurosis, sparganosis, cysticercosis due to Taenia saginata [Cysticercus bovis], primary and secondary hydatidosis [Echinococcus species]) [1].

High impact information on Sparganosis

Cerebral sparganosis: increased uptake of technetium-99m-HMPAO [2].
Leukocyte accumulation in sparganosis: demonstration of eosinophil and neutrophil chemotactic factors from the plerocercoid of Spirometra erinacei in vivo and in vitro [3].
An additional 5 sera from sparganosis patients and 5 more from healthy controls, together with sera from 28 patients with other parasitic diseases, were also examined by the chemiluminescence ELISA [4].
Further, the proteinase purified from plerocercoids was utilized in immunoblots with sera from sparganosis patients [5].
Treatment of proliferative sparganosis with mebendazole and praziquantel [6].

References

Taenia crassiceps invasive cysticercosis: a new human pathogen in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome? François, A., Favennec, L., Cambon-Michot, C., Gueit, I., Biga, N., Tron, F., Brasseur, P., Hemet, J. Am. J. Surg. Pathol. (1998) [Pubmed]
Cerebral sparganosis: increased uptake of technetium-99m-HMPAO. You, D.L., Tzen, K.Y., Kao, P.F., Ho, Y.S., Chu, C.C. J. Nucl. Med. (1997) [Pubmed]
Leukocyte accumulation in sparganosis: demonstration of eosinophil and neutrophil chemotactic factors from the plerocercoid of Spirometra erinacei in vivo and in vitro. Horii, Y., Owhashi, M., Ishii, A., Bandou, K., Usui, M. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. (1984) [Pubmed]
Immunodiagnosis of human sparganosis mansoni by micro-chemiluminescence enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Nishiyama, T., Ide, T., Himes, S.R., Ishizaka, S., Araki, T. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. (1994) [Pubmed]
Purification and partial characterization of cysteine proteinase from Spirometra mansoni plerocercoids. Song, C.Y., Chappell, C.L. J. Parasitol. (1993) [Pubmed]
Treatment of proliferative sparganosis with mebendazole and praziquantel. Torres, J.R., Noya, O.O., Noya, B.A., Mouliniere, R., Martinez, E. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. (1981) [Pubmed]

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