Hygiene and restraint of pigs is associated with absence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in a rural community of Mexico La higiene y el confinamiento de cerdos están asociados con la ausencia de cisticercosis por Taenia solium en una comunidad rural de México

• Auteurs principaux: Sonia Vázquez-Flores (Auteur), Gilberto Ballesteros-Rodea (Auteur), Ana Flisser (Auteur), Peter M. Schantz (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2001-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Objective. To determine the prevalence and risk factors associated to pig cysticercosis in a rural community of Veracruz, Mexico. Material and Methods. Swine cysticercosis was diagnosed by tongue palpation and circulating antibodies in pigs kept in 178 household backyards. Risk factors were assessed...