Spatial relationship between Taenia solium tapeworm carriers and necropsy cyst burden in pigs.

• Main Authors: Ian W Pray (Author), Viterbo Ayvar (Author), Ricardo Gamboa (Author), Claudio Muro (Author), Luz M Moyano (Author), Victor Benavides (Author), Robert H Flecker (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Seth E O'Neal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Taenia solium, a parasite that affects humans and pigs, is the leading cause of preventable epilepsy in the developing world. Geographic hotspots of pigs testing positive for serologic markers of T. solium exposure have been observed surrounding the locations of human tapeworm carriers. T...