Taenia solium Infections in a rural area of Eastern Zambia-a community based study.

• Main Authors: Kabemba E Mwape (Author), Isaac K Phiri (Author), Nicolas Praet (Author), John B Muma (Author), Gideon Zulu (Author), Peter Van den Bossche (Author), Reginald de Deken (Author), Niko Speybroeck (Author), Pierre Dorny (Author), Sarah Gabriël (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis is a parasitic infection occurring in many developing countries. Data on the status of human infections in Zambia is largely lacking. We conducted a community-based study in Eastern Zambia to determine the prevalence of human taeniosis and cysticerco...