Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: Toxoplasma
gondii, taenia solium, and adult-onset epilepsy
Journal: Menoufia
Medical Journal
Year: 2021
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari
Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Herein, we would like to discuss more the relation between helminth infection and epilepsy, which is a particularly important topic in developing countries. Some drawbacks of the study of Khatab and colleagues are that a small and selected population was studied, their percentage of cryptogenic epilepsy was higher than in other general studies, and probably the association of antitoxoplasma immunoglobulin G antibodies could not directly explain the origin of epilepsy. The presence of these antibodies' positivity only suggests an immune memory of an infection. In this way, we believe that only larger studies assessing the epilepsy features since its beginning will probably elucidate this question.
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DOI
10.4103/mmj.mmj_117_20
Citation
Rissardo JP, Caprara AL. Toxoplasma gondii, taenia solium, and adult-onset epilepsy. Menoufia Med J 2021;34:757-8.