The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and research and control of cysticercosis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-163

  Schantz, Peter M ^a   Tsang, Victor C W ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; International collaboration; International disease control; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTICERCOSIS; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0038730651     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00039-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Protecting the Nations Health in an Era of Globalization: CDC's Global Infectious Disease Strategy. 2002;US Department of Health and Humans Services, Atlanta, GA.
2. Schantz P.M., Wilkins P.P., Tsang V.C.W. Immigrants, imaging and immunoblots: the emergence of neurocysticercosis as a significant public health problem. Scheld W.M., Craig W.A., Hughes J.M. Emerging Infections. 1998;213-242 ASM Press, Washington, DC.
3. Tsang V.C.W., Boyer A.E., Brand J.A. An enzyme-linked immunotransfer blot assay and glycoprotein antigens for diagnosing human cysticercosis (Taenia solium). J. Infect. Dis. 159:1989;50-59.