Landscape analysis: management of neurocysticercosis with an emphasis on low- and middle-income countries

Overview

This landscape analysis addresses the following points:

• Prevalence of neurocysticercosis in low- and middle-income countries
• Burden of neurocysticercosis
• Pathology of neurocysticercosis and its associated clinical characteristics
• Paediatric considerations
• Considerations in people with HIV/AIDS
• Diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis
• Pharmacotherapy and surgical approaches to treatment of neurocysticercosis
• Treatment in the absence of neuroimaging
• Prevention of neurocysticercosis
• Evidence and gaps in neurocysticercosis case management in low- and middle-income countries