Society guideline links: Cysticercosis

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Guideline for preventive chemotherapy for the control of Taenia solium taeniasis (2021)

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guidelines on management of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis (2021)

●WHO/Agriculture Organization (FAO)/World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE): Guidelines for the surveillance, prevention, and control of taeniosis/cysticercosis (2005)

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Red Book – Tapeworm diseases (taeniasis and cysticercosis) (2024)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Yellow Book 2024 – Health Information for International Travel: Cysticercosis (published 2023)

●Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH): Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of neurocysticercosis (2018)

Europe

●COHEMI project study group: Technical recommendations for the screening, diagnosis and management of human cysticercosis and Taenia solium taeniasis (2017)