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The burden of T. solium cysticercosis and selected neuropsychiatric disorders in Mocuba district, Zambézia province, Mozambique.
Abstract
Taenia solium (neuro-)cysticercosis is a neglected tropical disease often associated with epileptic seizures and reportedly with other neuropsychiatric (= neurological and psychiatric) disorders. This study aimed to evaluate the association of the disease with selected neuropsychiatric disorders and/or symptoms (chronic headache, epileptic seizures/epilepsy and psychosis) in Mocuba district, Mozambique.