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NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS: A CLINICAL HANDBOOK.
By Oscar H. Del Brutto, Julio Sotelo and Gustavo C. Roman.1998. Pp. 216. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets and Zeitlinger.Price $88. ISBN 90-265-1513-8..
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK
Infection is still a major cause of disease of the central nervous system. Of the 50 million people infected with cysticerci, 50 thousand will die each year, according to Professor Wadia in his introduction; not on the scale of cerebral malaria perhaps but in its home areas just as important. In 1991, in Montevideo, the neurologists of Latin America declared war on cysticercosis and expressed concern at `apathy of the public health authorities and the governments of the region regarding this disease'. This book describes itself as a clinical handbook that is addressed primarily to neurologists and neurosurgeons and should make a significant contribution to