title: Neurocysticercosis in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of prevalence, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and management.
abstract: Neurocysticercosis has been recognized as a major cause of secondary epilepsy worldwide. So far, most of the knowledge about the disease comes from Latin America and the Indian subcontinent. Unfortunately, in sub-Saharan Africa the condition was neglected for a long time, mainly owing  to the lack of appropriate diagnostic tools. This review therefore focuses on the prevalence of neurocysticercosis in sub-Saharan Africa, the clinical picture with emphasis on epilepsy, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of neurocysticercosis and its related epilepsy/epileptic seizures  in African resource-poor settings.
authors.affiliation: Technical University of Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. drawinkler@yahoo.com.au
authors.forename: Andrea Sylvia
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Winkler
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015995:Prevalence