Neurocysticercosis: Regional status, epidemiology, impact and control measures in the Americas

Acta Tropica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-51

  Flisser, Ana ^a,b   Sarti, Elsa ^c   Lightowlers, Marshall ^d   Schantz, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cestocidal drugs; Cysticercosis; Epidemiology; Health education; Pig restraint; Taenia solium; Treatment of taeniosis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE SULFOXIDE; OXFENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; PARASITIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

AUTOPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTICERCOSIS; ERADICATION THERAPY; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

LATIN AMERICA;

SUS SCROFA; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0038323846     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00054-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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