Measures for the prevention and control of Taenia solium taeniosis and cysticercosis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 137-143

  Sarti, Elsa ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^b  

^a Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Control; Cysticercosis; Health education; Mass treatment; Pigs vaccination; Taeniosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; NICLOSAMIDE; OXFENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; PARASITIC DISEASE; PIG; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTICERCOSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REINFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; VACCINATION; ZOONOSIS;

SUS SCROFA; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0038054181     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00034-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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