Porcine cysticercosis in village pigs of North-West Cameroon

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-354

  Shey Njila, O ^a   Zoli, P A ^a   Awah Ndukum, J ^a   Nguekam, ^a   Assana, E ^a   Byambas, P ^a   Dorny, P ^b   Brandt, J ^b   Geerts, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEFECATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; TONGUE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CAMEROON; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DEFECATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TOILET FACILITIES; TONGUE;

CESTODA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0345305829     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2003179     Document Type: Article

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