title: Human neurocysticercosis: immunological features involved in the host's susceptibility to become infected and to develop disease.
abstract: Human neurocysticercosis (NC) is a clinically and radiologically heterogeneous disease caused by the establishment of Taenia solium larvae in the central nervous system. Herein, the immunological and endocrinological features involved in resistance to infection and severe forms of the disease are reviewed, and their clinical relevance is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, DF 04510, Mexico. edda@unam.mx
authors.forename: Edda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sciutto
authors.forename: Graciela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Adalid-Peralta
authors.forename: Gladis
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fragoso
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larralde
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fleury
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D020019:Neurocysticercosis / Q000276:immunology*; D041201:Taenia solium / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity*