Seroepidemiological survey of Taenia saginata cysticercosis in Kenya

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-185

  Onyango Abuje, Jael A ^a   Nginyi, Joseph M ^a   Rugutt, Moses K ^a   Wright, Steven H ^b   Lumumba, Patrick ^a   Hughes, Gwenda ^b   Harrison, Leslie J S ^b  

^a National Veterinary Research Centre   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle Cestoda; ELISA; Epidemiology Cestoda; Kenya; Meat inspection; Taenia saginata

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTROL; KENYA; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TAENIA SAGINATA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0030565517     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00915-9     Document Type: Article

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