Immunopathology in Taenia solium neurocysticercosis. (8th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fleury, A.; Cardenas, G.; Adalid‐Peralta, L.; Fragoso, G.; Sciutto, E.
• Other Names: Mahanty Siddhartha guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Parasite immunology. Volume 38:Number 3(2016:Mar.)
• Page Start: 147
• Page End: 157
• Publication Date: 2016-03-08
• Subjects: immunity -- inflammation -- Neurocysticercosis -- susceptibility -- Taenia solium; Veterinary parasitology -- Immunological aspects -- Periodicals; Host-parasite relationships -- Immunological aspects -- Periodicals; 571.96
• DOI: 10.1111/pim.12299
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0141-9838

Abstract

Summary: Neurocysticercosis is a clinically and radiologically heterogeneous disease, ranging from asymptomatic infection to a severe, potentially fatal clinical picture. The intensity and extension of the parasite‐elicited inflammatory reaction is a key factor for such variability. The main features of the inflammatory process found in the brain and in the peripheral blood of neurocysticercosis patients will be discussed in this review, and the factors involved in its modulation will be herein presented.