Prevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis in Angónia District, Mozambique

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Pondja, Alberto ^a   Neves, Luís ^a   Mlangwa, James ^b   Afonso, Sónia ^a   Fafetine, José ^a   Willingham III, Arve Lee ^c   Thamsborg, Stig Milan ^c   Johansen, Maria Vang ^c  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; PORCINE CYSTICERCOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGY; TONGUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TONGUE;

EID: 77649227706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000594     Document Type: Article

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