Assessing Ultrasonography as a Diagnostic Tool for Porcine Cysticercosis.

• Main Authors: Robert H Flecker (Author), Ian W Pray (Author), Saul J Santivaňez (Author), Viterbo Ayvar (Author), Ricardo Gamboa (Author), Claudio Muro (Author), Luz Maria Moyano (Author), Victor Benavides (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Seth E O'Neal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Taenia solium inflicts substantial neurologic disease and economic losses on rural communities in many developing nations. "Ring-strategy" is a control intervention that targets treatment of humans and pigs among clusters of households (rings) that surround pigs heavily infected...