Neurocysticercosis (NCC)
- A zoonotic disease, Neurocysticercosis is a preventable neurologic parasitic infection caused by larval cysts (enclosed sacs containing the immature stage of a parasite) of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium).
- It is a neurologic infection caused when a human consumes meat from - or comes in contact with - a pig infected with tapeworm.
- The infection is widespread among Assam’s tea garden workers who also rear pigs.
- The cysts get into people’s brains, triggering epileptic seizures, headaches, difficulty with balance and excess fluid around the ....
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