An epidemiological study of asymptomatic neurocysticercosis in a pig farming community in northern India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 531-536

  Prasad, Kashi N ^a   Verma, Avantika ^a   Srivastava, Sandeep ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Pandey, Chandra M ^a   Paliwal, Vimal K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Neurocysticercosis; Northern India; Pig farming community; Risk factors; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKED FOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PIG FARMING; PORK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAENIA SOLIUM; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEAT; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

SUIDAE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 80052381614     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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