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

• Главные авторы: Marco Coral-Almeida (Автор), Richar Rodríguez-Hidalgo (Автор), Maritza Celi-Erazo (Автор), Héctor Hugo García (Автор), Silvia Rodríguez (Автор), Brecht Devleesschauwer (Автор), Washington Benítez-Ortiz (Автор), Pierre Dorny (Автор), Nicolas Praet (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: 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...