Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2024)

Taenia martis Neurocysticercosis-Like Lesion in Child, Associated with Local Source, the Netherlands

  • Hendriekje Eggink,
  • Miriam Maas,
  • Judith M.A. van den Brand,
  • Jasja Dekker,
  • Frits Franssen,
  • Eelco W. Hoving,
  • Laetitia M. Kortbeek,
  • Mariëtte E.G. Kranendonk,
  • Linda C. Meiners,
  • Anne E. Rittscher,
  • Jeroen Roelfsema,
  • Elisabeth H. Schölvinck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3003.231402
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 3
pp. 555 – 559

Abstract

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A neurocysticercosis-like lesion in an 11-year-old boy in the Netherlands was determined to be caused by the zoonotic Taenia martis tapeworm. Subsequent testing revealed that 15% of wild martens tested in that region were infected with T. martis tapeworms with 100% genetic similarity; thus, the infection source was most likely local.

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