Taenia solium cysticercosis in the democratic Republic of Congo: How does pork trade affect the transmission of the parasite?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Praet, Nicolas ^a,b   Kanobana, Kirezi ^a   Kabwe, Constantin ^c   Maketa, Vivi ^d   Lukanu, Philippe ^e   Lutumba, Pascal ^c   Polman, Katja ^a   Matondo, Peter ^f   Speybroeck, Niko ^a,g   Dorny, Pierre ^a   Sumbu, Julienne ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^d Kinshasa University   (Congo)

^e Kimpese Health Zone ^*  (Congo)

^f Laboratoire Vétérinaire de Kinshasa   (Congo)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; LARVAL STAGE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PIG FARMING; PORK; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MEAT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; TONGUE;

EID: 78149237562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000817     Document Type: Article

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