Taenia solium Tapeworm Infection, Oregon, 2006-2009

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1030-1036

  O'Neal, Seth ^a   Noh, John ^b   Wilkins, Patricia ^b   Keene, William ^c   Lambert, William ^a   Anderson, James ^a   Luman, Jenifer Compton ^a   Townes, John ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL CHILD; TAENIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CYSTICERCOSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINES; MALE; OREGON; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

EID: 79957655314     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1706.101397     Document Type: Article

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