Prevalence and associated risk factors of Taenia solium taeniasis in a rural pig farming community of north India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1241-1247

  Prasad, Kashi N ^a   Prasad, Amit ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Pandey, Chandra M ^a   Singh, Uttam ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Epilepsy; India; Neurocysticercosis; Pig farming; Taenia solium; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; WORM EGG;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL HEALTH; SWINE; TAENIA; TAENIASIS;

SUIDAE; TAENIA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 35648942625     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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