Publications by authors named "Bienvenue Ramanankandrasana"
Taenia solium is a cestode parasitic of humans and pigs that strongly impacts on public health in developing countries. Its larvae (cysticercus) lodge in the brain, causing neurocysticercosis, and in other tissues, like skeletal muscle and subcutaneous space, causing extraneuronal cysticercosis. Prevalences of these two clinical manifestations vary greatly among continents.
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- The study investigates the relationship between cysticercosis, caused by Taenia solium larvae, and epilepsy in Burundi, aiming to clarify inconsistent findings from previous research in Africa.
- Using a matched case-control design, 324 individuals with epilepsy and 648 controls were assessed for cysticercosis exposure, revealing a significant association (odds ratio of 3.8) between cysticercosis and epilepsy occurrence in the Kiremba area.
- The results indicate that cysticercosis is a substantial risk factor for epilepsy in this population, with approximately 31.5% of controls testing positive for the parasite and an attributable risk of 50%.