Prevalence of Taenia solium antibodies in humans and in pigs in an endemic area of Colombia;Prevalencia de anticuerpos para Taenia solium en humanos y cerdos en una zona endémica Colombiana

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 706-709

  Agudelo Florez, P ^a   Palacio, Luis Guillermo ^b,c  

^a Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

^b Instituto Neurologico de Antioquia   (Colombia)

^c NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antioquia; Colombia; Cysticercosis; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Taenia solium; WB

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; COLOMBIA; CONVULSION; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SWINE; SYNCOPE; TAENIA SOLIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0037611134     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3608.2002323     Document Type: Article

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