Short report: Seroprevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 268-269

  Sakai, Hirofumi ^a   Barbosa Jr , Hélio Vilela ^b   Silva, Evandro Moraes ^b   Schlabitz, Fábio Oyarzabal ^b   Noronha, Rejane Peixoto ^b   Nonaka, Nariaki ^a   Franke, Carlos Roberto ^b   Ueno, Hakaru ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SEWER; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0034943587     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.64.268     Document Type: Article

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