Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a leading cause of preventable epilepsy worldwide and is endemic in several continents. Despite the obvious mitigating factors of education and enhanced awareness, a surprising lack of investment has been made in cost-effective instructional initiatives at a community level. This needs to change. Because spread of the pathogen is largely a consequence of poor behavioral practices, it can be averted. We propose a disease awareness campaign as an important mechanism to achieve this, a crowd-sourcing strategy similar to the one championed decades earlier by the March of Dimes.
Source: Neurology
Authors: Mia Borzello, Farrah J. Mateen
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2262604957