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Imaging and Serological-Evidence of Neurocysticercosis Among Patients with Seizures in Odisha, an Unexplored Eastern Coastal Province in India

Sahu PS 1 , Patro S 2 , Jena PK 3 , Swain SK 4 , Das BK 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Division of Pathology, School of Medicine, International Medical University , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • 3 Consultant Neurologist, Department of Neurology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT University , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • 4 Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, SCB Medical College and Hospital , Cuttack, Odisha, India
  • 5 Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, SCB Medical College and Hospital , Cuttack, Odisha, India
J Clin Diagn Res, 2015 May;9(5):DC06-10.
PMID: 26155476 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/12609.5967

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis being a potential to human transmitted disease, is the major cause of seizures and a public health problem in tropical countries. Though India is known to be highly endemic, there are many provinces where reports are still unavailable thereby underestimating its actual burden.

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