Parasite contamination of soil in households of a Mexican rural community endemic for neurocysticercosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-379

  Huerta, M ^a,b   Avila, R ^a   Jimenez H I ^a   Diaz R ^a   Diaz J ^b   Diaz Huerta M E ^a   Hernandez M ^c   Martinez, J J ^c   Garate, T ^d   Gomez E ^a,b   Abad, T ^a   Fragoso, G ^c   Fleury, A ^e   Sciutto, E ^c  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Neurocysticercosis; Parasitic diseases; Rural communities; Soil microbiology; Taenia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BALANTIDIUM; BALANTIDIUM COLI; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INTESTINE FLORA; MEXICO; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SARCOCYSTIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; TAENIA; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SOIL; TAENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

TAENIA;

EID: 40449131847     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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