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ArticleEC microbiology2018

Neurocysticercosis in Child Bearing Women: An Overlooked Condition in Mozambique and a Potentially Missed Diagnosis in Women Presenting with Eclampsia.

Virginia Saldanha, Galileu Saldanha, Roberto Pelegrino Reys, Constance Ann Benson, Emília Virgínia Noormahomed

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Article in EC microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Virginia SaldanhaHospital Central de Quelimane, Quelimane, Zambézia, Mozambique.
Galileu SaldanhaHospital Central de Quelimane, Quelimane, Zambézia, Mozambique.
Roberto Pelegrino ReysHospital Central de Quelimane, Quelimane, Zambézia, Mozambique.
Constance Ann BensonDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Emília Virgínia NoormahomedDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Eduardo Mondlane University · MZ

Funding

VirologyP30AI036214 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SUSAN JANET LITTLE · 1994 to 2026
$78.4M
Enhanced Advanced Biomedical Research Training for MozambiqueD43TW010135 · FIC · EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY · PI NOORMAHOMED, EMILIA VIRGINIA · 2015 to 2019
$3.2M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010135NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI036214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several studies suggest that neurocysticercosis might be one of the main reasons for onset of seizures in adolescents and young adults in Mozambique, however, no studies have evaluated the burden and impact of the disease in women of childbearing age. This is also true for other parasitic diseases such as toxoplasmosis, toxocariasis and onchocerciasis, although the latter has been reported in some regions in central and northern Mozambique. We describe herein an 18 year old female who was admitted to Hospital Central de Quelimane, Zambézia Province in Mozambique, 8 days after delivery with a misdiagnosis of eclampsia that turned out to be neurocysticercosis. We discuss challenges in the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis in women of childbearing age and the potential for missed diagnosis in those who present with eclampsia and other conditions associated with seizures.

Indexed as

Cysticercus cellulosaeEclampsiaEpilepsyNeurocysticercosisPre-eclampsiaPregnancyTaenia solium

Identifiers

PMID31681909
PMCPMC6824723
OpenAlexW2997523670

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