U.S. government report recommends improvements in reporting deaths of immigrant detainees Jul 3, 2008
For more than a month, her persistent headaches had been treated only with Tylenol; when she fell from a bunk bed, several hours passed before she was taken to the hospital, where physicians diagnosed neurocysticercosis, an infection of the brain by larvae of the pork tapeworm. "We cannot determine with certainty whether this death could have been avoided had the detainee received immediate medical attention for head trauma," the report said, after praising the authorities for promptly reporting... (International Herald Tribune)
Gov't Not Faulted For Detainee Deaths Jul 2, 2008
and died of a brain infection caused by a pork tapeworm, known as neurocysticercosis - which affects many Latin American immigrants. While in detention, the detainee had reported a series of headaches, which were treated with aspirin, per the detention center's policy. (CBS News)
Worms infectpoor inU.S. Dec 27, 2007
In the hospitals of Los Angeles, California, neurocysticercosis currently accounts for 10 percent of all seizures presenting to some emergency departments, he wrote. We need to begin erasing these horrific health disparities, Hotez wrote in the paper. (MSNBC -- Health)
Worms infect more poor Americans than thought Dec 26, 2007
"In the hospitals of Los Angeles, California, neurocysticercosis currently accounts for 10 percent of all seizures presenting to some emergency departments," he wrote. "We need to begin erasing these horrific health disparities," Hotez wrote in the paper, available online at http://www. (Scientific American)
Neurocysticercosis Uncovered by Single-Dose Albendazole Mar 22, 2007
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Parasitic infection plagues states along ... (Joyce Howard Price) Feb 8, 2007
Federal researchers say neurocysticercosis, a brain infection caused by a pork tapeworm, is a "growing public health problem in the United States," especially in states bordering Mexico, where the disease is endemic. Neurocysticercosis is the "most common parasitic disease of the central nervous system," according to a study jointly conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and California public health officials, who reported that "international travel and immigration... (Washington Times, DC)
