Prevalence and risk of cysticercosis and taeniasis in an urban population of soldiers and their relatives

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 386-389

  De Lourdes García García, Maria ^a   Torres, Mario ^b   Correa, Dolores ^b   Flisser, Ana ^b,c   Sosa Lechuga, Alfredo ^d   Velasco, Oscar ^b   Meza Lucas, Antonio ^b   Plancarte, Agustin ^c   Avila, Guillermina ^c   Tapia, Raquel ^b   Aguilar, Laura ^c   Mandujano, América ^b   Alcántara, Isabel ^b   Morales, Zoila ^b   Salcedo, Arturo ^a   De La Luz Mañón, Maria ^b   Valdespino Gomez, José Luis ^a  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

CESTODA; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM; VERMES;

EID: 0344117565     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.386     Document Type: Article

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