Cysticercosis

Introduction: Cysticercosis

Description of Cysticercosis

Cysticercosis (medical condition): An infectious disease caused by the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. If the larvae...more »

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Cysticercosis: Infection with CYSTICERCUS, a larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man). In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum. Brain involvement results in NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
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Cysticercosis: Infection with CYSTICERCUS, a larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man). In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum. Brain involvement results in NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS. (From Dorland, 28th ed).
Source: MeSH 2007

Cysticercosis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Cysticercosis:

• Encystment
• Cysticercus
• Cysticercus disease
• Tapeworms
• Taenia
• Subcutaneous
• Muscle
• Muscle symptoms (7251 causes)
• Muscle disease
• Muscle disorder

Cysticercosis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Cysticercosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Cysticercosis, or a subtype of Cysticercosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Cysticercosis as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Cysticercosis as a Disease

Cysticercosis (medical condition): See Cysticercosis (disease information).
  »Introduction: Cysticercosis
  »Symptoms of Cysticercosis
  »Treatments for Cysticercosis

Cysticercosis: Related Diseases

Cysticercosis: Cysticercosis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Worm conditions
• Diseases contagious from food
• Diseases contagious from contaminated water
• Diseases contagious from pigs
• Parasitic diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen

Cysticercosis: Article Excerpts

Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection occurs when the tapeworm larvae enter the... (Source: excerpt from Cysticercosis: DPD)

Cysticercosis is an infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection occurs when the tapeworm larvae enter the... (Source: excerpt from Cysticercosis: DPD)

More information on medical condition: Cysticercosis:

• Information about Cysticercosis
• Basic Summary for Cysticercosis
• Types of Cysticercosis
• Risk Factors for Cysticercosis
• Symptoms of Cysticercosis
• Treatments for Cysticercosis

Cysticercosis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Cysticercosis:

• undercooked pork
• tapeworm
• pork tapeworm
• tapeworm treatment
• tapeworm symptoms
• tapeworm causes
• neurocysticercosis
• NCC
• larval cysts
• Taenia solium infestation
• T solium
• cysticerci

Terms associated with Cysticercosis:

Terms Similar to Cysticercosis:

• Neurocysticercosis
• Submacular Cysticercosis
• Taeniasis

Source - NIH

Related Topics

• Taenia

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Cysticercosis:

• Neurocysticercosis

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Cysticercosis

• Taeniasis

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Cysticercosis

The following list attempts to classify Cysticercosis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Parasitic Diseases
  • Helminthiasis
    • Cestode Infections
      • Taeniasis
        • Cysticercosis

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Other cestode infection
• Helminth infection, unspecified
• Unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Cysticercosis

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• eMedicine - Cysticercosis : Article by Ryan Tenzer, MD
• Cysticercosis - MedPix™ Medical Image Database and Teaching Files
• DPDx - Cysticercosis
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