Taenia solium infections in a rural area of Eastern Zambia-A community based study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Mwape, Kabemba E ^a   Phiri, Isaac K ^a   Praet, Nicolas ^b   Muma, John B ^a   Zulu, Gideon ^c   van den Bossche, Peter ^b   de Deken, Reginald ^b   Speybroeck, Niko ^d   Dorny, Pierre ^b,e   Gabriël, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Petauke District Hospital   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; NICLOSAMIDE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; URINALYSIS; ZAMBIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SERUM; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84859209083     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001594     Document Type: Article

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