Prevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis in Angónia District, Mozambique.

• Main Authors: Alberto Pondja (Author), Luís Neves (Author), James Mlangwa (Author), Sónia Afonso (Author), José Fafetine (Author), Arve Lee Willingham (Author), Stig Milan Thamsborg (Author), Maria Vang Johansen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Taenia solium is an important zoonosis in many developing countries. Cysticercosis poses a serious public health risk and incurs sizeable economic losses to pig production. Because data on the epidemiology of porcine cysticercosis in Mozambique are scarce, the present study was conducted to determin...