Seizures in patients with pork tapeworm caused by Substance P
Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
A neuropeptide called Substance P is the cause of seizures in patients with brains infected by the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium), said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears online in the open access journal PLoS Pathogens.