Risk factors for the prevalence of porcine cysticercosis in Mbulu District, Tanzania

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 275-283

  Ngowi, H A ^a   Kassuku, A A ^a   Maeda, G E M ^a   Boa, M E ^a   Carabin, H ^b   Willingham III, A L ^c  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Parasitic zoonoses; Pig cestoda; Prevalence; Taenia solium; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; INFECTION RATE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TANZANIA; TONGUE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; TANZANIA; TOILET FACILITIES; TONGUE;

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

EID: 1842610735     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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