Ring-screening to control endemic transmission of Taenia solium.

• Päätekijät: Seth E O'Neal (Tekijä), Luz M Moyano (Tekijä), Viterbo Ayvar (Tekijä), Silvia Rodriguez (Tekijä), Cesar Gavidia (Tekijä), Patricia P Wilkins (Tekijä), Robert H Gilman (Tekijä), Hector H Garcia (Tekijä), Armando E Gonzalez (Tekijä), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Aiheet: article
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BACKGROUND:Taenia solium is a major cause of preventable epilepsy in developing nations. Screening and treatment of human intestinal stage infection (taeniasis) within high-risk foci may reduce transmission and prevent epilepsy by limiting human exposure to infective eggs. We piloted a ring-strategy...