PREVALENCE OF NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS IN AND AROUND OF RURAL KANCHIPURAM.

Cysticercosis has been reported as the most common illness affecting the central nervous system by cystic stage of Taenia. solium pork tapeworm. It is also referred as food borne zoonotic infection with T.solium larva or cysticercus stage in humans. Cysticercosis which affects central nervous system is called neurocysticercosis (NCC). The clinical manifestation of NCC largely depends on the number, type, size of the cysts, stage of development of cyst and degree of host immune response against the parasite. The present study aimed to assess the burden of Objectives: neurocysticercosis infection by CT imaging and antigen detection by ELISA in the community as well as hospital based patients. Blood samples were collected and antigen detection of cysticercosis by ELISA were done and CT Brain was Methods: done to con?rm the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis among the participants. The overall clinical presentation among Results: 640 subjects showed seizure as the major presentation 446 (69.69%). The overall results of the commercial-Ag-ELISA revealed 61 of 446 sera to be positive for Cysticercus antigen, and thus con?rming 13.68% total prevalence of neurocysticercosis in the study region. High index of exposure to T. solium cysticercosis in the study region of south Indian. An early Conclusion: diagnosis and appropriate treatment management can improve the quality of life of a patient.