A seroepidemiological study of human cysticercosis in West Cameroon

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-149

  Nguekam, J P ^a   Zoli, A P ^a   Zogo, P O ^b   Kamga, A C T ^c   Speybroeck, N ^d   Dorny, P ^d   Brandt, J ^d   Losson, B ^e   Geerts, Stanny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

^c District Hospital of Dschang   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antigen enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Cameroon; Computed tomography scan; Cysticercosis; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIET; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

CAMEROON;

CESTODA; SUIDAE; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0037331616     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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