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Of 79 participants tested serologically, the overall seroprevalence of cysticercosis was 12.7% (10\/79), with no statistically significant difference between persons with epilepsy (PWE) (11.9%) and controls (13.5%) (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &gt; 0.05).\n                    <jats:italic>Taenia<\/jats:italic>\n                    spp. eggs were detected by stool microscopy in 6.6% of PWE. Multivariable logistic regression identified increasing age (adjusted OR = 0.95; 95% CI: 0.92\u20130.98;\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.01) and consumption of frozen meat (adjusted OR = 0.23; 95% CI: 0.06\u20130.98;\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.04) as factors independently associated with lower odds of cysticercosis seropositivity. One case of neurocysticercosis (NCC) (2.4%) was confirmed among PWE. These findings suggest that, while\n                    <jats:italic>T. solium<\/jats:italic>\n                    transmission occurs in Southern Nigeria, cysticercosis is unlikely to be a principal aetiological driver of epilepsy in the studied communities. Strengthened food hygiene practices and larger population-based investigations are warranted to better inform public health control strategies.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/s0022149x26101916","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]],"date-time":"2026-09-17T08:46:21Z","timestamp":1789634781000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Seroprevalence and risk factors of\n                    <i>Taenia solium<\/i>\n                    cysticercosis among persons with epilepsy in Southern Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"100","author":[{"given":"O.A.","family":"Sowemimo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/04snhqa82","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Obafemi Awolowo 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