Detecting spatial clusters of Taenia solium infections in a rural block in South India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 601-612

  Raghava, M Venkata ^a   Prabhakaran, V ^a   Jayaraman, T ^a   Muliyil, J ^a   Oommen, A ^a   Dorny, P ^b,c   Vercruysse, J ^b,c   Rajshekhar, V ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clusters; Cysticercosis; Epilepsy; Geographic information systems; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 77955552074     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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