Case | Clinical Signs | Cerebral Radiology Result | Epidemiology | No. of Samples |
Serological Result
ELISA Western-Blot |
Real-Time PCR Result | Del Brutto [8] Classification | |
C1 | No information | No information | Togo | 1 serum | Serum negative/CSF Nd | Serum positive/CSF Nd | Nd | Unclassified |
C2 | No information | No information | Togo | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum positive/CSF positive | Nd | Probable NCC |
C3 | Epilepsy | 1 cystic lesion in the frontal lobe | Haiti | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Serum negative/CSF negative | Serum positive/CSF negative | Nd | Definitive NCC |
C4 | No information | No information | No information | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Serum positive/CSF negative | Serum positive/CSF positive | Nd | Unclassified |
C5 | No information | No information | No information | 1 serum | Serum negative/CSF Nd | Serum positive/CSF Nd | Nd | Unclassified |
C6 | Headaches, visual disorders | 5 cysts with scolex and perilesional edema | Madagascar | 1 serum | Serum negative/CSF Nd | Serum positive/CSF Nd | Serum negative/CSF Nd | Definitive NCC |
C7 | Epilepsy | 4 bilateral temporal lesions | Travel Ivory Coast, Chad | 1 serum | Serum negative/CSF Nd | Serum positive/CSF Nd | Nd | Definitive NCC |
C8 | No information | No information | No information | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Serum positive/CSF negative | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Unclassified |
C9 | Epilepsy, disorders of consciousness, neurological signs | 1 calcification | Portugal | 1 serum, 2 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF negative X2 | Probable NCC |
C10 | Visual blur, headaches, epilepsy | Cerebral lesions | No information | 1 serum, 1 CSF, 1 brain biopsy | Serum positive/CSF Nd | Serum positive /CSF Nd | Serum Nd/CSF negative/ brain biopsy positive | Probable NCC |
C11 | Chronic meningoencephalitis | No anomaly found | Madagascar | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Probable NCC |
C12 | Chronic meningitis, intracranial hypertension | 2 microcalcifications (occipital region) | Guatemala, NCC in 2007 | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Nd | Probable NCC |
C13 * | No information | 1 abscess | India | 1 serum, 1 CSF, 1 brain biopsy | Nd | Nd | Serum negative/CSF negative/brain biopsy positive | Definitive NCC |
C14 | Headaches, mental changes, basal meningitis | 1 cyst above planum sphenoidal, small frontotemporal cysts, hydrocephalus, arachnoiditis | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Definitive NCC |
C15 | Mental changes | Hydrocephalus, 1 intraventricular cyst | Serbia | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Definitive NCC |
C16 | Epilepsy | 1 calcified lesion, multiple intracerebral lesions | Congo | 1 serum, 2 CSF | Nd | Serum negative/CSF negative X2 | Serum Nd/CSF negative then positive | Probable NCC |
C17 | Meningitis, neurological signs | 1 active arachnoidal ventricular lesion | Guyane, Haiti | 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Probable NCC |
C18 | Behavioral disorder, mutism | Tetraventricular dilatation, hydrocephalus | Madagascar | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Probable NCC |
C19 | Chronic meningitis, right hemiparesis | Normal scanner | Cape Verde | 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Unclassified |
C20 | Headaches, chronic meningitis | Cysts | Haiti | 1 serum, 2 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive X2 | Serum Nd/CSF positive X2 | Definitive NCC |
C21 | Eosinophilic meningitis, headache | 1 brain lesion, 1 calcification | Mexico | 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Probable NCC |
C22 * | No information | Compression and bypass of the 4th ventricle | No information | 1 CSF | Nd | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Definitive NCC |
C23 | No information | 1 intracranial lesion, 1 cyst, hydrocephalus | Cape Verde | 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Probable NCC |
C24 | Epilepsy | Multiple cystic lesions (12) | Congo | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Definitive NCC |
C25 | Chronic meningitis | Lepto-meningitis | No information | 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF limit | Serum Nd/CSF negative | Unclassified |
C26 | Hemiplegia, epilepsy | 1 cerebral lesion with per-lesion edema | DRC | 2 CSF | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF positive X2 | Serum Nd/CSF negative X2 | Probable NCC |
C27 | Epilepsy | Multifocal cysts | No information | 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF negative | Unclassified |
C28 | No information | No information | Cape Verde | 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF negative | Unclassified |
C29 * | Temporal headaches | 1 cyst | Bolivia | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF limit | Serum negative/CSF negative | Definitive NCC |
C30 | Headaches | 1 frontal cystic lesion, perilesional edema | No information | 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF limit | Serum Nd/CSF negative | Unclassified |
C31 | Epilepsy | 1 active and inflammatory lesion | Madagascar | 1 CSF | Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Serum Nd/CSF negative | Probable NCC |
C32 | Epilepsy, intracranial hypertension, motor deficit | 1 calcified frontal cortico-subcortical nodular lesion | India | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF Nd | Serum Nd/CSF negative | Definitive NCC |
C33 | Epilepsy | 1 left temporal cerebral lesion | Cameroon | 1 serum, 1 CSF, 1 brain biopsy | Serum negative/CSF negative | Serum Nd/CSF negative | Serum Nd/CSF negative/brain biopsy positive | Probable NCC |
C34 | Epilepsy, fever | Hypodense calcified parieto-occipital brain abscess | Congo Kinshasa | 1 serum, 1 brain biopsy | Serum positive/CSF Nd | Serum negative/CSF Nd | Serum Nd/CSF Nd/brain biopsy positive | Probable NCC |
C35 | Epilepsy, balance disorder, intracranial hypertension | Ventricular dilatation | Madagascar | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum positive/CSF Nd | Serum Nd/CSF positive | Probable NCC |
C36 * | Headaches, epilepsy | 1 temporal cystic lesion | No travel, consumption of raw sausage | 1 serum | Serum negative/CSF Nd | Serum negative/CSF Nd | Nd | Definitive NCC |
C37 | Psychiatric and memory disorders, spatial disorientation aphasia | 3 IP lesions | Africa | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum negative/CSF positive | Definitive NCC |
C38 | Headaches, neck ache, nausea, vomiting | Multiple intraventricular lesions, ventricular dilatation, foramen of Monro obstruction | Central Africa | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum negative/CSF positive | Definitive NCC |
C39 | Headaches, nausea, vomiting | IP calcifications, hydrocephalus, arachnoiditis | Haiti | 1 serum, 2 CSF | Nd | Serum positive /CSF positive | Serum negative/CSF negative then positive | Definitive NCC |
C40 | Epilepsy, neuralgia, paresthesia | IP calcifications, hydrocephalus, arachnoiditis | Haiti | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum negative/CSF positive | Definitive NCC |
C41 | Epilepsy, headaches, vomiting | 2 IP lesions, chronic meningitis | Cape Verde | 1 serum, 3 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum negative/CSF positive X3 | Definitive NCC |
C42 | Epilepsy, confusion | Multiple IP lesions, hydrocephalus, vasculitis | Cape Verde | 1 serum, 6 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum negative/CSF positive X6 | Definitive NCC |
C43 | Headaches, nausea, memory disorders, dysphasia, spatial disorientation, muscular cysticercosis | IP calcifications, parasagittal meningioma, then hydrocephalus, meningoencephalitis | Madagascar | 1 serum, 2 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum negative/CSF positive X2 | Definitive NCC |
C44 | Headaches, epilepsy | 4 IP lesions | Cape Verde | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF positive | Serum negative/CSF negative | Definitive NCC |
C45 | Headaches, epilepsy | 1 IP lesion | India | 1 serum, 1 CSF | Nd | Serum positive/CSF negative | Serum negative/CSF negative | Definitive NCC |