Diagnosis of Taenia solium infections based on "mail order" RNA-sequencing of single tapeworm egg isolates from stool samples.

• Main Authors: Henrik Sadlowski (Author), Veronika Schmidt (Author), Jonathan Hiss (Author), Johannes A Kuehn (Author), Christian G Schneider (Author), Gideon Zulu (Author), Alex Hachangu (Author), Chummy S Sikasunge (Author), Kabemba E Mwape (Author), Andrea S Winkler (Author), Markus Schuelke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Combined community health programs aiming at health education, preventive anti-parasitic chemotherapy, and vaccination of pigs have proven their potential to regionally reduce and even eliminate Taenia solium infections that are associated with a high risk of neurological disease through ingestion o...