Pig-farming systems and porcine cysticercosis in the north of Cameroon

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-446

  Assana, E ^a   Amadou, F ^b   Thys, E ^a   Lightowlers, M W ^c   Zoli, A P ^b   Dorny, P ^a   Geerts, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PIG FARMING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CAMEROON; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOILET FACILITIES;

SUIDAE; SUS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 79251630291     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X10000167     Document Type: Article

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