Parasitic Zoonoses Of The Brain: Another Challenger?

Abstract

We found a high prevalence of dogs among animals kept at home in some villages at the former Transkei where the prevalence for cysticercosis is also high. From our personal experience on the field of epilepsy and neurocysticercosis (NCC) and its radiological signs on CT scan of the brain we were able to identified some nodular and hyperdense lesion on the cerebral hemisphere which not resemble NCC at any stage but we could not confirm any other parasitic zoonoses of the brain because our lack of resources for a proper laboratory diagnoses. Because we have a strong suspicion about Toxocariasis among our patients we reviewed the available medical literature to conclude that we have more suspicion about the presence of Toxocariasis in our population as another challenger to consider.