Moroni Samanta, Moscatelli Guillermo, Freilij Héctor, Altcheh Jaime
Servicio de Parasitologia y Chagas, Hospital de Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez.
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2010 Dec;108(6):e143-6. doi: 10.1590/S0325-00752010000600018.
Neurocysticercosis (NC) is a central nervous system disease caused by Cysticercus cellulosae, the larvae of Taenia solium. NC is found worldwide, and endemic in Latin America and Asia. In 1993, 11 adult patients with NC were reported in Buenos Aires, 8 from Bolivia and the rest from Argentina. Pediatric cases reported in Argentina have been from inner provinces or from rural areas. The purpose of the present article is to present the first autochthonous pediatric case, with local source of contagion in the city of Buenos Aires, and to alert regarding the possibility that the city become an endemic area, due to the migratory movements leading to establishment of asymptomatic carriers of Taenia solium in the urban area.
神经囊尾蚴病（NC）是由猪带绦虫幼虫猪囊尾蚴引起的一种中枢神经系统疾病。NC在全球范围内均有发现，在拉丁美洲和亚洲为地方性流行疾病。1993年，布宜诺斯艾利斯报告了11例成年NC患者，其中8例来自玻利维亚，其余来自阿根廷。阿根廷报告的儿科病例均来自内陆省份或农村地区。本文的目的是介绍首例本地感染的儿科病例，其感染源来自布宜诺斯艾利斯市当地，并提醒注意由于移民流动导致城市地区出现猪带绦虫无症状携带者，该市有可能成为地方性流行区。
