The disease burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Cameroon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Praet, Nicolas ^a   Speybroeck, Niko ^a,b   Manzanedo, Rafael ^a   Berkvens, Dirk ^a   Nforninwe, Denis Nsame ^c   Zoli, André ^d   Quet, Fabrice ^e   Preux, Pierre Marie ^e   Carabin, Hélène ^f   Geerts, Stanny ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Batibo District Hospital   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISABILITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SALARY; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; ZOONOSES;

EID: 65549094982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000406     Document Type: Article

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