Case-control study of seropositivity for cysticercosis in Cuenca, Ecuador

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-74

  Goodman, Karyn A ^c   Ballagh, Susan A ^a   Carpio, Arturo ^b  

^a The Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAENIA SOLIUM; URBAN AREA; VERTIGO;

CESTODA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0032923469     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.70     Document Type: Article

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