Strategies for tackling Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review and comparison of transmission models, including an assessment of the wider Taeniidae family transmission models.

• Main Authors: Matthew A Dixon (Author), Uffe C Braae (Author), Peter Winskill (Author), Martin Walker (Author), Brecht Devleesschauwer (Author), Sarah Gabriël (Author), Maria-Gloria Basáñez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The cestode Taenia solium causes the neglected (zoonotic) tropical disease cysticercosis, a leading cause of preventable epilepsy in endemic low and middle-income countries. Transmission models can inform current scaling-up of control efforts by helping to identify, va...