Geographic correlation between tapeworm carriers and heavily infected cysticercotic pigs.

• Hlavní autoři: Seth E O'Neal (Autor), Luz M Moyano (Autor), Viterbo Ayvar (Autor), Guillermo Gonzalvez (Autor), Andre Diaz (Autor), Silvia Rodriguez (Autor), Patricia P Wilkins (Autor), Victor C W Tsang (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), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Neurocysticercosis is a leading cause of preventable epilepsy in the developing world. Sustainable community-based interventions are urgently needed to control transmission of the causative parasite, Taenia solium. We examined the geospatial relationship between live pigs with visible cysticercotic...