Table 1 Suspected autochthonous human cysticercosis cases from case reports
From: Epidemiology of taeniosis/cysticercosis in Europe, a systematic review: Western Europe
Country | No. of cases | Background | Age (yrs) |
|---|---|---|---|
France | 4 | 1 case: had never left Europe 1 case: had never left metropolitan France 1 case: no history of travel to endemic areas 1 case: had never left France | 44–69 |
Germany | 3 | 3 cases: no history of travel to foreign countries | 6–69 |
UK | 2 | 1 case: no history of travelling outside Europe 1 case: lack of travel to endemic areas | 3–21 |
Portugal | 2 | 1 case: without relevant personal background 1 case: no history of travelling abroad | 57–71 |
Italy | 1 | 1 case: had never visited endemic areas for cysticercosis | 61 |
Luxembourg (infection could have been acquired in Spain) | 1 | 1 case: born in Spain, moved to Luxembourg 8 years prior diagnosis (annual visits to Spain) | 20 |
Spain | 1 | 1 case: without background of interest except for that he was a pig breeder | 70 |