Ring-screening to control endemic transmission of Taenia solium.

• Main Authors: Seth E O'Neal (Author), Luz M Moyano (Author), Viterbo Ayvar (Author), Silvia Rodriguez (Author), Cesar Gavidia (Author), Patricia P Wilkins (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Armando E Gonzalez (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...