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Results 1 - 8 of 8 for cysticercoses
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  1. Cysticercosis is an infection by a parasite called Taenia solium ( T solium ). It is a pork tapeworm ... Cysticercosis is caused by swallowing eggs from T solium . The eggs are found in contaminated food. Autoinfection ...
  2. Alphabetical Index of Parasitic Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Parasitic Diseases/Start Here ... Parasitic Diseases ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... A parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host and gets ...
  3. Parasitic Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    Parasites are living things that use other living things - like your body - for food and a place to live. You can get them from contaminated food or water, a bug bite, ...
  4. ... brain, eye, or heart. This condition is called cysticercosis . Infection of the brain (neurocysticercosis) can cause seizures ...
  5. ... disease , syphilis , and tuberculosis Parasites such as roundworms, cysticercosis , and toxoplasmosis in people with HIV/AIDS and ...
  6. Meningitis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Encephalitis/Related Issues ... Encephalitis ... Meningitis/Start Here ... Meningitis ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes ...
  7. Transverse Myelitis From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Spinal Cord Diseases/Specifics ... Spinal Cord Diseases ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes of Health ... Transverse ...
  8. ... list.tell your doctor if you have ocular cysticercosis (infestation with a type of tapeworm that forms ... if you have or have ever had seizures; cysticercosis nodules (bumps) just under your skin; or kidney, ...