Resurgence of cases of epileptic seizures and burns associated with cysticercosis in Assologaima, Jayawijaya, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 1991-95

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-50

  Wandra, T ^a   Subahar, Rizal ^b   Simanjuntak, G M ^a,f   Margono, S S ^b   Suroso, T ^a   Okamoto, M ^c   Nakao, M ^d   Sako, Y ^d   Nakaya, K ^d   Schantz, P M ^e   Ito, A ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Burns; Epileptic seizures; Immunoblotting; Indonesia; Irian Jaya; Mitochondrial DNA; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CYSTICERCOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 12944291460     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90433-4     Document Type: Article

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