Ring-screening to control endemic transmission of Taenia solium.

• Hlavní autoři: Seth E O'Neal (Autor), Luz M Moyano (Autor), Viterbo Ayvar (Autor), Silvia Rodriguez (Autor), Cesar Gavidia (Autor), Patricia P Wilkins (Autor), Robert H Gilman (Autor), Hector H Garcia (Autor), Armando E Gonzalez (Autor), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: 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...