Prevalence and risk factors for Taenia solium cysticercosis in school-aged children: A school based study in western Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Taenia solium cysticercosis affects millions of impoverished people worldwide and can cause neurocysticercosis, an infection of the central nervous system which is potentially fatal. Children may represent an especially vulnerable population to neurocysticercosis, due to the risk of cognitive impair...
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Main Authors: | John J Openshaw (Author), Alexis Medina (Author), Stephen A Felt (Author), Tiaoying Li (Author), Zhou Huan (Author), Scott Rozelle (Author), Stephen P Luby (Author) |
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2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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