The emergence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Eastern and Southern Africa as a serious agricultural problem and public health risk

Acta Tropica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-23

  Phiri, Isaac K ^a   Ngowi, Helena ^b   Afonso, Sonia ^c   Matenga, Elizabeth ^d   Boa, Mathias ^b   Mukaratirwa, Samson ^d   Githigia, Samuel ^e   Saimo, Margaret ^f   Sikasunge, Chummy ^a   Maingi, Ndichu ^e   Lubega, George W ^f   Kassuku, Ayub ^b   Michael, Lynne ^g   Siziya, Seter ^h   Krecek, Rosina C ⁱ   Noormahomed, Emilia ^c   Vilhena, Manuela ^j   Dorny, Pierre ^k   Willingham III, A Lee ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^g ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^k INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Kenya; Mozambique; Pig; Porcine cysticercosis; Prevalence; South Africa; Taenia solium; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PIG; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MOZAMBIQUE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE VECTOR; RURAL AREA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

(EAST); (SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0037648333     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00051-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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