Regions Taenia solium is found worldwide, but is more common where pork is part of the diet.<unk>  is most prevalent where humans live in close contact with pigs. Therefore, high prevalences are reported in Mexico, Latin America, West Africa, Russia, India, Pakistan, North-East China, and Southeast Asia. In Europe it is most widespread among Slavic people. However, reviews of the epidemiological in Western and Eastern Europe shows there are still considerable gaps in our understanding of the disease also in these regions. The frequency has decreased in developed countries owing to stricter meat inspection, better hygiene and better sanitation of facilities. Infection estimates In Latin America, an estimated 75 million persons live in endemic areas and 400,000 people have symptomatic disease. Some studies suggest that the prevalence of<unk>  in Mexico is between 3.1 and 3.9 percent. Other studies have found the seroprevalence in areas of Guatemala, Bolivia, and Peru as high as 20 percent in humans, and 37 percent in pigs. In Ethiopia, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo around 10% of the population is infected, in Madagascar 16%. The distribution of<unk>  coincides with the distribution of T. solium.<unk>  is the most common cause of symptomatic epilepsy worldwide. Prevalence rates in the United States have shown immigrants from Mexico, Central and South America, and Southeast Asia account for most of the domestic cases of<unk> . In 1990 and 1991, four unrelated members of an Orthodox Jewish community in New York City developed recurrent seizures and brain lesions, which were found to have been caused by T. solium. Researchers who interviewed the families suspect the infection was acquired from domestic workers who were carriers of the tapeworm. Deaths Worldwide as of 2010 it caused about 1,200 deaths, up from 700 in 1990. Estimates from 2010 were that it contributed to at least 50,000 deaths annually. In US during 1990–2002, 221<unk>  deaths were identified. Mortality rates were highest for Latinos and men. The mean age at death was 40.5 years (range 2–88). Most patients, 84.6%, were foreign born, and 62% had emigrated from Mexico. The 33 US-born persons who died of<unk>  represented 15% of all<unk> -related deaths. The<unk>  mortality rate was highest in California, which accounted for 60% of all<unk>  deaths.
Cysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis
Meningeal syphilis
Sappinia amoebic encephalitis
Balamuthia infection
Amoebic brain abscess
Powassan encephalitis