Albendazole appears to be more effective and a safe drug for Neurocysticercosis, infection of the brain with T. solium larvae.

Neurocysticercosis, which arises when larvae of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium penetrate the central nervous system, is the major cause of acquired epilepsy worldwide.

It usually occurs following a viral infection but may appear following vaccination ( although there is no causal evidence linking vaccination to ADEM ), bacterial or parasitic infection, or even appear spontaneously.

# Interference by concurrent parasitic infection: In another hypothesis, simultaneous infection with parasites changes the immune response to BCG, making it less effective.

They are, however, rare in zoos because they are susceptible to infection and parasitic disease if captured from the wild, and do not readily reproduce.

In tropical areas of the world, a common cause of secondary lymphedema is filariasis, a parasitic infection.

* parasitic infection such as cerebral malaria

Epidemiological and experimental evidence suggests parasitic infection may protect against MS.

Rectal prolapse can be diagnosed easily using defecating proctogram and is one of many methods for imaging the parasitic infection.

hosts, because they are usually a ' dead end ' for the parasitic infection cycle.

Trichuriasis is a parasitic infection primarily in the tissue of the cecum, appendix, colon and rectum that is caused by Trichuris trichiura ( whipworm ), an intestinal parasitic nematode ( roundworm ).

* Coinfection of Trichuris trichiura with other parasites is common and with larger worm burdens can cause both exacerbation of dangerous trichuriasis symptoms such as massive gastrointestinal bleeding ( shown to be especially dramatic with coinfection with Salmonella typhi ) and exacerbation of symptoms and pathogenesis of the other parasitic infection ( as is typical with coinfection with Schistosoma mansoni, in which higher worm burden and liver egg burden is common ).

Evidence from autopsies on Egyptian mummies suggest that liver damage from parasitic infection Bilharziasis was widespread in the ancient society.

Schistosomiasis ( also known as bilharzia, bilharziosis or snail fever ) is a parasitic disease caused by several species of trematodes ( platyhelminth infection, or " flukes "), a parasitic worm of the genus Schistosoma.

He also was the first to describe parasitic infection, to use urine for diagnostic purposes and discouraged physicians from the practice of surgery because it was too base and manual.

Alternatively, elephantiasis may occur in the absence of parasitic infection.

A parasitic infection of nearly any bodily tissue can cause eosinophilia.

) though a negative test does not rule out parasitic infection ; for example, trichinosis requires a muscle biopsy.

Onchocerciasis ( or ), also known as river blindness and Robles disease, is a parasitic disease caused by infection by Onchocerca volvulus, a nematode ( roundworm ).

Babesiosis is a malaria-like parasitic disease caused by infection with Babesia, a genus of protozoal piroplasms.

Schistosomiasis ( also known as bilharzia, bilharziosis or snail fever ) is an example of a parasitic disease caused by one of the species of trematodes ( platyhelminth infection, or " flukes "), a parasitic worm of the genus Schistosoma.

A genus of trematodes, Schistosoma, commonly known as blood-flukes and bilharzia, includes flatworms which are responsible for a highly significant parasitic infection of humans by causing the disease schistosomiasis, and is considered by the World Health Organization as the second most socioeconomically devastating parasitic disease, next only to malaria, with hundreds of millions infected worldwide.

Other species of Strongyloides naturally parasitic in humans, but with restricted distributions, are S. fuelleborni in central Africa and S. kellyi in Papua New Guinea.

The artifacts left behind by an ancient race known as the Forerunner play a central role, particularly the massive weapons, dubbed Halos, built to contain the parasitic Flood.

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On February 13, 1963 an eruption occurred involving the central crater and one or more parasitic vents ; both ash and lava were produced ( Anchorage Times, February 11, 1963 ; Decker, 1967 ).

A parasitic cone ( or satellite cone ) is the cone-shaped accumulation of volcanic material not part of the central vent of a volcano.

A parasitic cone can also be formed from a dike or sill cutting up to the surface from the central magma chamber in an area different from the central vent.

Schistosoma intercalatum is a parasitic worm found in parts of western and central Africa.

Black flies are central to the transmission of the parasitic nematode Onchocerca volvulus which causes Onchocerciasis, or " river blindness ".

To function properly, an immune system must detect a wide variety of agents, from viruses to parasitic worms, and distinguish them from the organism's own healthy tissue.

There continues to be debate as to whether these minor volcanoes and vents were parasitic to Mazama's magma chamber and system or if they were related to background Oregon Cascade volcanism.

In the process it disrupts the reproductive system of the host, an act of parasitic castration that qualifies it for classification as a parasitoid rather than just a parasite.

In the Hutchinson system the carnivorous Nepenthaceae ( now placed in Caryophyllales ) and the parasitic Cytinaceae ( now placed in Malvales ) and Hydnoraceae ( now placed in Piperales ) are also included.

Features that enhance the cost effectiveness of this system compared to that of the parabolic trough technology include minimized structural costs, minimized parasitic pumping losses, and low maintenance.

In developing countries, the major causes of death traditionally were infectious and parasitic diseases, whereas in industrialized countries, the major killers were diseases of the circulatory system.

To maintain their parasitic mode of life the mollicutes have developed rather sophisticated mechanisms to colonize their hosts and resist the host immune system.

However, " viruses " ( parasitic artificial life-forms ) known as Psions have invaded the system of the Archive.

Further, as a " parasitic " or " symbiotic " coprocessor, the NiTro-VLB was designed to co-opt the host 486 processor from running, and used four megabytes of the host 486 motherboard's system memory as a DMA buffer ( although the NiTro-VLB required its own separate DRAM main memory, in addition to any memory installed on the host 486 motherboard ).

While economically a very efficient system, allowing for specialization in equipment and crop production, monocropping is also controversial, as it can damage the soil ecology ( including depletion or reduction in diversity of soil nutrients ) and provide an unbuffered niche for parasitic species, increasing crop vulnerability to opportunistic insects, plants, and microorganisms.

Since the pistons are descending more slowly than under no load, the pressure differences are less marked and parasitic drag in the induction system is negligible.

An excellent model system for the study of the parasitic behaviour of plant-parasitic nematodes has been developed using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model host.

In CMOS processes these transistors create problems sometimes, when the combination of n-well / p-well and substrates results in the formation of parasitic n-p-n-p structures. Triggering these thyristor-like devices leads to a shorting of the Vdd and gnd lines, usually resulting in destruction of the chip, or a system failure that can only be resolved by power-down.

Additionally, Moss and co-workers found that median plasma levels of RANTES, a chemokine that attracts immune system components like eosinophils ( a kind of white blood cell that destroys parasitic organisms ), monocytes ( a precursor of macrophages ), and lymphocytes, were higher in HIV-infected children with measles than in those without measles.