Implementation of a practical and effective pilot intervention against transmission of Taenia solium by pigs in the Banke district of Nepal.
Taenia solium is a zoonotic cestode parasite which causes human neurocysticercosis. Pigs transmit the parasite by acting as the intermediate host. An intervention was implemented to control transmission of T. solium by pigs in Dalit communities of Banke District, Nepal. Every 3 months, pigs were vac...
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Main Authors: | Ishab Poudel (Author), Keshav Sah (Author), Suyog Subedi (Author), Dinesh Kumar Singh (Author), Peetambar Kushwaha (Author), Angela Colston (Author), Charles G Gauci (Author), Meritxell Donadeu (Author), Marshall W Lightowlers (Author) |
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2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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