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To the Editor: Cysticercosis is a tissue infection with the larval stage (cysticercus) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. Neurocysticercosis is considered to be the most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system and the main cause of late-onset epilepsy in areas where the infection is endemic.¹ Cases of neurocysticercosis are increasingly being reported in the United States.² Improved diagnostic techniques and immigration from areas where the infection is endemic are factors that have contributed to this increase, but also frequently reported cases among travelers suggest that this is a group at particular risk for cysticercosis.³ Neurocysticercosis is diagnosed . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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