Spatial distribution of Taenia solium porcine cysticercosis within a rural area of Mexico.

• Main Authors: Julio Morales (Author), José Juan Martínez (Author), Marcos Rosetti (Author), Agnes Fleury (Author), Victor Maza (Author), Marisela Hernandez (Author), Nelly Villalobos (Author), Gladis Fragoso (Author), Aline S de Aluja (Author), Carlos Larralde (Author), Edda Sciutto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cysticercosis is caused by Taenia solium, a parasitic disease that affects humans and rurally bred pigs in developing countries. The cysticercus may localize in the central nervous system of the human, causing neurocysticercosis, the most severe and frequent form of the disease. There appears to be...