Evidence for high seroprevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in individuals from three rural communities in Venezuela

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 522-526

  Ferrer, Elizabeth ^a   Cabrera, Zully ^a   Rojas, Glenda ^a   Lares, Maria ^a   Vera, Andez ^a   Alarcon de Noya, Belkis ^b   Fernandez, Iris ^c   Urdaneta Romero, Haidee ^d   Harrison, Leslie J S ^e   Parkhouse, R Michael E ^f   Cortez, M Milagros ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c Departamento de Zoonosis   (Venezuela)

^d Instituto de Inmunologia Clinica   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ab ELISA; Ag ELISA; Cysticercosis; Seroprevalence; Taenia solium; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CESTODE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM; VENEZUELA; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CESTODA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAENIA SOLIUM; VENEZUELA;

EID: 7244232698     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)80014-7     Document Type: Article

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