Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Current State of the Art in Cysticercosis and Neurocysticercosis

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Academic Editor

Jorge Morales-Montor
Jorge Morales-Montor

National Autonomous University of Mexico,
Mexico

Co-editors

Abraham Landa
Abraham Landa

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Luis Ignacio Terrazas
Luis Ignacio Terrazas

National Autonomous University of Mexico

Published10 November 2021

Doi10.5772/intechopen.91540

ISBN978-1-83969-395-3

Print ISBN978-1-83969-394-6

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-1-83969-396-0

Copyright year2021

Number of pages146

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1. Cardiac Cysticercosis: Current Trends in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches

By Ane Karoline Medina Néri, Danielli Oliveira da Costa Lino, Sara da Silva Veras, Ricardo Pereira Silva and Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Júnior

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2. Development of an Oral Vaccine for the Control of Cysticercosis

By Marisela Hernández, Anabel Ortiz Caltempa, Jacquelynne Cervantes, Nelly Villalobos, Cynthia Guzmán, Gladis Fragoso, Edda Sciutto and María Luisa Villareal

441
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4. The Long Road to the Immunodiagnosis of Neurocysticercosis: Controversies and Confusions

By Marcela Esquivel-Velázquez, Carlos Larralde, Pedro Ostoa-Saloma, Víctor Hugo Del Río Araiza and Jorge Morales-Montor

277
6. Development of New Drugs to Treat Taenia solium Cysticercosis: Targeting 26 kDa Glutathione Transferase

By Rafael A. Zubillaga, Lucía Jiménez, Ponciano García-Gutiérrez and Abraham Landa

300
7. To Be or Not to Be a Tapeworm Parasite: That Is the Post-Genomic Question in Taenia solium Cysticercosis

By Diana G. Ríos-Valencia, José Navarrete-Perea, Arturo Calderón-Gallegos, Jeannette Flores-Bautista and Juan Pedro Laclette

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8. Hormones and Parasites, Their Role in Taenia solium and Taenia crassiceps Physiology and Development

By Marta C. Romano, Ricardo A. Valdez, Martin Patricio, Alejandra Aceves-Ramos, Alex I. Sánchez, Arlet Veloz, Pedro Jiménez and Raúl J. Bobes

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