Taenia solium porcine cysticercosis: Viability of cysticerci and persistency of antibodies and cysticercal antigens after treatment with oxfendazole

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 57-66

  Sikasunge, C S ^a   Johansen, M V ^b   Willingham III, A L ^c   Leifsson, P S ^d   Phiri, I K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibody; Antigen; Cyst viability; Oxfendazole; Pig treatment; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING CYSTICERCAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2 ANTIBODY; INTERZOL; OXFENDAZOLE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BRAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SUIDAE; SUS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 53749104075     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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