Geographic correlation between tapeworm carriers and heavily infected cysticercotic pigs.

• Main Authors: Seth E O'Neal (Author), Luz M Moyano (Author), Viterbo Ayvar (Author), Guillermo Gonzalvez (Author), Andre Diaz (Author), Silvia Rodriguez (Author), Patricia P Wilkins (Author), Victor C W Tsang (Author), Robert H Gilman (Author), Hector H Garcia (Author), Armando E Gonzalez (Author), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...