Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in Menoua division (West Cameroon);La taeniose/cysticercose à Taenia Solium dans la Menoua (Ouest-Cameroun)

Parasite

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-274

  Vondou, L ^a   Zoli, A P ^a   Nguekam, ^a   Pouedet, S ^a   Assana, E ^a   Kamga Tokam, A C ^b   Dorny, P ^c   Brandt, J ^c   Geerts, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b Hôpital de Dschang   (Cameroon)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Cysticercosis; Prevalence; Risk group; Taenia solium; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

TAENIA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CYSTICERCOSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CYSTICERCOSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

EID: 0036718819     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2002093271     Document Type: Article

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