Prevalence of Taenia solium porcine cysticercosis in the Eastern, Southern and Western provinces of Zambia

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-244

  Sikasunge, Chummy S ^a   Phiri, Isaac K ^a   Phiri, Andrew M ^a   Siziya, Seter ^b   Dorny, Pierre ^c   Willingham III, Arve L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antigen ELISA; Pig; Taenia solium; Tongue examination; Zambia

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEFECATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TONGUE; ZAMBIA; ZOONOSES;

SUIDAE; SUS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 40949130009     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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