Seroprevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs in a rural community of Honduras

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-238

  Sakai, Hirofumi ^a,b   Sone, Masaru ^b,c   Castro, Dina Marlen ^b   Nonaka, Nariaki ^a   Quan, Doris ^d   Canales, Maritza ^d   Ljungstrom, Inger ^e   Sanchez, Ana Lourdes ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Escuela Nacional de Agricultura   (Honduras)

^c Shizuoka Swine and Poultry Exp Stn   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; EITB; Honduras; Pig; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HONDURAS; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HONDURAS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0032437270     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00144-7     Document Type: Article

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