Epidemiology of Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis in two rural Guatemalan communities

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 282-289

  Garcia Noval, Jose ^a   Allan, James C ^b   Fletes, Concha ^c   Moreno, Eduardo ^a   De Mata, Fredy ^a   Torres Alvarez, Rodrigo ^a   De Alfaro, Hany Soto ^a   Yurrita, Pablo ^c   Higueros Morales, Hector ^a   Mencos, Felix ^a   Craig, Philip S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Zona 9   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HOST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

SUS SCROFA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 10144245921     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.282     Document Type: Article

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