Kenya: A new human cysticercosis focus [1]

African Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Macharia, Waruingi ^a   Ramanankandrasana, Bienvenue ^b   Druet Cabanac, Michel ^b   Nsengiyumva, Georges ^b   Bouteille, Bernard ^b   Preux, Pierre Marie ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AFRICA; BRAIN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSAE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LARVA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE ISOLATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW FOOD; RURAL AREA; SAVANNA; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; TAENIA SOLIUM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 24744466258     PISSN: 10158618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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