Endemic in
India,
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is perhaps one of the oldest known and perhaps the most common
parasitic infections of the
human nervous system. It is a major cause of
epilepsy and neurological
disease in many
developing countries. In 2015, the
WHO Food borne Disease Burden
Epidemiology Reference Group identified T. solium as a leading cause of deaths from
food-borne diseases, resulting in a considerable total of 2.8 million disability-adjusted
life-years (
DALYs). T. solium
cysticercosis was added by
WHO to the list of major
neglected tropical diseases in 2010. The
diagnosis is imaging based which shows characteristic “starry sky” appearance in heavy infestation cases.