Taenia solium infection in Irian Jaya (West Papua), Indonesia: A pilot serological survey of human and porcine cysticercosis in Jayawijaya District

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 388-390

  Subahar, Rizal ^a   Hamid, Abdulbar ^a   Purba, Wilfried ^b   Wandra, Toni ^b   Karma, Constan ^c   Sako, Yasubito ^d   Margono, Sri S ^a   Craig, Philip S ^e   Ito, Akira ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^c Vet Unit of Irian Jaya Province   (Indonesia)

^d ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Humans; Indonesia; Irian Jaya; Pigs; Serodiagnosis; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDONESIA; METHODOLOGY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PILOT STUDY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INDONESIA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0035408893     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90190-7     Document Type: Article

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