Effectiveness of a community-based educational programme in reducing the cumulative incidence and prevalence of human Taenia solium cysticercosis in Burkina Faso in 2011-14 (EFECAB): a cluster-randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Hélène Carabin, PhD (Author), Athanase Millogo, MD (Author), Helena A Ngowi, PhD (Author), Cici Bauer, PhD (Author), Veronique Dermauw, PhD (Author), Assana Cissé Koné, MS (Author), Ida Sahlu, PhD (Author), Alicia L Salvator, DrPH (Author), Pierre-Marie Preux, PhD (Author), Télesphore Somé, MPH (Author), Zékiba Tarnagda, PhD (Author), Sarah Gabriël, PhD (Author), Rabiou Cissé, MD (Author), Jean-Bosco Ouédraogo, PhD (Author), Linda D Cowan, PhD (Author), Marie-Paule Bo (Author), Pierre Dorny, PhD (Author), Rasmané Ganaba, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The effectiveness of drug-free interventions in controlling human cysticercosis is not well known. We aimed to estimate the effectiveness of a community-based educational intervention in reducing the frequency of human cysticercosis in Burkina Faso. Methods: We did a cluster-ran...