Institut Supérieur des Techniques Médicales de Lubumbashi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Lima, Peru.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 Nov;103(5):1955-1957. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0759.
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an infection prevalent in developing countries; however, it is neglected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we present three different cases seen in a consulting room in Lubumbashi. These cases are evidence that NCC is more common than it was previously thought in sub-Saharan Africa. Neurocysticercosis is a pathology-neglected and ignored infection, not only by the population but also by health professionals and health authorities in the DRC, and because of that, it is important to increase the research about NCC in the DRC to assess the prevalence and risk factors for NCC to assess the severity of the phenomenon and to help designing appropriate prevention and control measures.
脑囊虫病(NCC)是一种在发展中国家流行的感染;然而,在刚果民主共和国(DRC)和撒哈拉以南非洲地区,它被忽视了。在这里,我们展示了在卢本巴希的一个咨询室中看到的三个不同病例。这些病例表明,NCC 在撒哈拉以南非洲地区比以前认为的更为常见。脑囊虫病是一种被忽视和忽视的感染,不仅被民众忽视,也被刚果民主共和国的卫生专业人员和卫生当局忽视,因此,重要的是要增加对刚果民主共和国的 NCC 研究,以评估 NCC 的流行率和危险因素,评估该现象的严重程度,并帮助设计适当的预防和控制措施。