UPDATE OF THE STUDY OF LEADING NEUROPARASITIC DISEASES IN UKRAINE

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2023.4.14253

Keywords:

helminthiasis, protozoan diseases, toxoplasmosis, ascariasis, neurocysticercosis, prevention

Abstract

SUMMARY. Information about the prevalence of the most frequent helminth infections with a tendency to damage the brain. On the example of a clinical case of neurocysticercosis, the specificity of the neurological manifestation of human parasitic diseases is described.

Author Biographies

  • N. O. Nekrasova, Kharkiv National Medical University

    MD, Professor of the Department of Neurology; Kharkiv National Medical University

  • Y. O. Smalko, Kharkiv National Medical University

    student of Kharkiv National Medical University

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Published

2023-11-24

Issue

Section

Brief reports

How to Cite

UPDATE OF THE STUDY OF LEADING NEUROPARASITIC DISEASES IN UKRAINE. (2023). Infectious Diseases – Infektsiyni Khvoroby, 4, 80-88. https://doi.org/10.11603/1681-2727.2023.4.14253