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. 2012 Sep;106(5):256–260. doi: 10.1179/2047773212Y.0000000028

Table 1. Overview of large neurocysticercosis case series within the United States published after 2004.

Author Location (collection period) No. of cases/M∶F ratio/age (years) Hispanic ethnicity Type of disease
Del La Garza et al.31 Houston, Texas* (1994–1997) 114 patients/NA/NA 95% NA
Daniels and Moore28 Wichita, Kansas*(1986–2001) 42 patients/NA/NA 95% NA
Figueroa et al.27 New Mexico* (1998–2004) 37 patients/NA/36 100% 30% EP
Croker et al.20 Los Angeles, California† (1991–2008) 3937 patients/1.1/38 92% NA
Serpa et al.21 Houston, Texas* (1997–2005) 111 patients/2/29 93% 32% EP
54% P‡
O’Neal et al.15 Oregon† (2006–2009) 87 patients/1.4/NA 96% 4% EP
85% P
11% M
Croker et al.36 California† (2009) 304 patients/1.4/44 85% NA

Note: NA: information not available, P: Parenchymal neurocysticercosis; EP: Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis; M: mixed, parenchymal and extraparenchymal.

*Case-series.

†Population-based study.

‡Some patients had both parenchymal and extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis.