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White AC Jr, 2000. Neurocysticercosis: updates on epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management. Annu Rev Med 51 :187–206.
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Garcia HH, Gonzalez AE, Evans CA, Gilman RH, 2003. Taenia solium cysticercosis. Lancet 362 :547–556.
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Carpio A, 2002. Neurocysticercosis: an update. Lancet Infect Dis 2 :751–762.
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Sept 3 2002. Hispanic Heritage month 2002. Facts for Features: Public Information Office, US Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233.
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Guzman B, 2001. The Hispanic Population. Census 2000 Brief. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Staff M, 2002. The US-Mexico Border. US in Focus. Washington, DC: Migration Information Source, Migration Policy Institute.
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White AC Jr, Atmar RL, 2002. Infections in Hispanic immigrants. Clin Infect Dis 34 :1627–1632.
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Townes JM, Hoffmann CJ, Kohn MA, 2004. Neurocysticercosis in Oregon, 1995–2000. Emerg Infect Dis 10 :508–510.
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Sorvillo FJ, Waterman SH, Richards FO, Schantz PM, 1992. Cysticercosis surveillance: locally acquired and travel-related infection and detection of intestinal tapeworm carriers in Los Angeles. Am J Trop Med Hyg 47 :365–371.
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Schantz PM, Moore AC, Muñoz JL, Hartman BJ, Schaefer JA, Aron AM, Persaud D, Sarti E, Wilson M, Flisser A, 1992. Neurocysticercosis in an Orthodox Jewish community in New York City. N Engl J Med 327 :692–695.
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Rosenfeld EA, Byrd SE, Shulman ST, 1996. Neurocysticercosis among children in Chicago. Clin Infect Dis 23 :262–268.
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Shandera WX, White AC Jr, Chen J, Diaz P, Armstrong R, 1994. Cysticercosis in Houston, Texas: a report of 112 cases. Medicine (Baltimore) 73 :37–52.
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White AC Jr, 1997. Neurocysticercosis: a common cause of neurologic disease worldwide. Clin Infect Dis 24 :101–113.
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El Sahly HM, Adams GJ, Soini H, Teeter L, Musser JM, Graviss EA, 2001. Epidemiologic differences between United States-and foreign-born tuberculosis patients in Houston, Texas. J Infect Dis 183 :461–468.
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Ong S, Talan DA, Moran GJ, Mower W, Newdow M, Tsang VC, Pinner RW, 2002. Neurocysticercosis in radio graphically imaged seizure patients in U.S. emergency departments. Emerg Infect Dis 8 :608–613.
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Richards FO, Schantz PM, Ruiz-Tiben E, Sorvillo FJ, 1985. Cysticercosis in Los Angeles County. JAMA 254 :3444–3448.
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Larralde C, Padilla A, Hernandez M, Govezensky T, Sciutto E, Gutierrez G, Tapia-Conyer R, Salvatierra B, Sepulveda J, 1992. Seroepidemiology of cysticerosis in Mexico. Salud Publica Mex 34 :197–210.
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Epidemiologica, 1994–2000. Mexico City, Mexico: Direccian General de Epidemiologica.
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Sarti E, 2002. Epidemiology of Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis in Mexico. Singh G, Prabhakar S, eds. Taenia solium Cysticercosis: From Basic to Clinical Science. Wallingford, United Kingdom: CAB International, 83–90.
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Dixon HBF, Lipscomb FM, 1961. Cysticercosis: An analysis and follow-up of 450 cases. London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Service.
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Stringer JL, Marks LM, White AC Jr, Robinson P, 2003. Epileptogenic activity of granulomas associated with murine cysticercosis. Exp Neurol 183 :532–536.
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS
YAZMIN DEL LA GARZA
YAZMIN DEL LA GARZA
Infectious Disease Section, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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EDWARD A. GRAVISS
EDWARD A. GRAVISS
Infectious Disease Section, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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NAVAL G. DAVER
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Infectious Disease Section, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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KIMBERLEY J. GAMBARIN
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Infectious Disease Section, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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WAYNE X. SHANDERA
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PETER M. SCHANTZ
PETER M. SCHANTZ
Infectious Disease Section, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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A. CLINTON WHITE JR.
A. CLINTON WHITE JR.
Infectious Disease Section, Department of Medicine and Department of Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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We identified 114 patients with neurocysticercosis admitted to Ben Taub General Hospital in Houston, Texas between January 1994 and June 1997. Most of these patients were born in Mexico (78%) or Central America (16%), but 6% were born in the United States. Review of neurology clinic records identified 54 patients diagnosed with neurocysticercosis, representing 2% of all neurology clinic patients and 16% of all Hispanics diagnosed with seizures. Forty-one patients were interviewed and all reported significant risk factors for infection, including ingestion of undercooked pork, pig husbandry, immigration from and frequent travel to villages in disease-endemic areas, or personal/ family history of taeniasis. Among Mexican immigrants, most were born in rural areas in Central (31%) or north central Mexico (38%). Significantly fewer of the patients were from the border states (15%). The median period from immigration to diagnosis was 58 months, but it was 28 months for the 13 patients who had not left the United States after immigration. Although neurocysticercosis is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in the United States, acquisition of infection is still strongly associated with pig husbandry in rural Latin America, with little evidence of local transmission. Even among urban immigrants to the United States and United States–born cases, there is close ongoing contact with disease-endemic villages.
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White AC Jr, 2000. Neurocysticercosis: updates on epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management. Annu Rev Med 51 :187–206.
-
2
Garcia HH, Gonzalez AE, Evans CA, Gilman RH, 2003. Taenia solium cysticercosis. Lancet 362 :547–556.
-
3
Carpio A, 2002. Neurocysticercosis: an update. Lancet Infect Dis 2 :751–762.
-
4
Sept 3 2002. Hispanic Heritage month 2002. Facts for Features: Public Information Office, US Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233.
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5
Guzman B, 2001. The Hispanic Population. Census 2000 Brief. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce.
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6
Staff M, 2002. The US-Mexico Border. US in Focus. Washington, DC: Migration Information Source, Migration Policy Institute.
-
8
White AC Jr, Atmar RL, 2002. Infections in Hispanic immigrants. Clin Infect Dis 34 :1627–1632.
-
9
Townes JM, Hoffmann CJ, Kohn MA, 2004. Neurocysticercosis in Oregon, 1995–2000. Emerg Infect Dis 10 :508–510.
-
10
Sorvillo FJ, Waterman SH, Richards FO, Schantz PM, 1992. Cysticercosis surveillance: locally acquired and travel-related infection and detection of intestinal tapeworm carriers in Los Angeles. Am J Trop Med Hyg 47 :365–371.
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11
Schantz PM, Moore AC, Muñoz JL, Hartman BJ, Schaefer JA, Aron AM, Persaud D, Sarti E, Wilson M, Flisser A, 1992. Neurocysticercosis in an Orthodox Jewish community in New York City. N Engl J Med 327 :692–695.
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12
Rosenfeld EA, Byrd SE, Shulman ST, 1996. Neurocysticercosis among children in Chicago. Clin Infect Dis 23 :262–268.
-
13
Shandera WX, White AC Jr, Chen J, Diaz P, Armstrong R, 1994. Cysticercosis in Houston, Texas: a report of 112 cases. Medicine (Baltimore) 73 :37–52.
-
14
White AC Jr, 1997. Neurocysticercosis: a common cause of neurologic disease worldwide. Clin Infect Dis 24 :101–113.
-
15
El Sahly HM, Adams GJ, Soini H, Teeter L, Musser JM, Graviss EA, 2001. Epidemiologic differences between United States-and foreign-born tuberculosis patients in Houston, Texas. J Infect Dis 183 :461–468.
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16
Ong S, Talan DA, Moran GJ, Mower W, Newdow M, Tsang VC, Pinner RW, 2002. Neurocysticercosis in radio graphically imaged seizure patients in U.S. emergency departments. Emerg Infect Dis 8 :608–613.
-
17
Richards FO, Schantz PM, Ruiz-Tiben E, Sorvillo FJ, 1985. Cysticercosis in Los Angeles County. JAMA 254 :3444–3448.
-
18
Larralde C, Padilla A, Hernandez M, Govezensky T, Sciutto E, Gutierrez G, Tapia-Conyer R, Salvatierra B, Sepulveda J, 1992. Seroepidemiology of cysticerosis in Mexico. Salud Publica Mex 34 :197–210.
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19
Epidemiologica, 1994–2000. Mexico City, Mexico: Direccian General de Epidemiologica.
-
20
Sarti E, 2002. Epidemiology of Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis in Mexico. Singh G, Prabhakar S, eds. Taenia solium Cysticercosis: From Basic to Clinical Science. Wallingford, United Kingdom: CAB International, 83–90.
-
21
Dixon HBF, Lipscomb FM, 1961. Cysticercosis: An analysis and follow-up of 450 cases. London: Her Majesty’s Stationary Service.
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22
Stringer JL, Marks LM, White AC Jr, Robinson P, 2003. Epileptogenic activity of granulomas associated with murine cysticercosis. Exp Neurol 183 :532–536.
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