Incidence of human Taenia solium larval Infections in an Ecuadorian endemic area: implications for disease burden assessment and control.

• Main Authors: Marco Coral-Almeida (Author), Richar Rodríguez-Hidalgo (Author), Maritza Celi-Erazo (Author), Héctor Hugo García (Author), Silvia Rodríguez (Author), Brecht Devleesschauwer (Author), Washington Benítez-Ortiz (Author), Pierre Dorny (Author), Nicolas Praet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Human cysticercosis is a zoonotic disease causing severe health disorders and even death. While prevalence data become available worldwide, incidence rate and cumulative incidence figures are lacking, which limits the understanding of the Taenia solium epidemiology. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL...