Human and canine echinococcosis infection in informal, unlicensed abattoirs in Lima, Peru

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Reyes, Maria M ^a   Taramona, Claudia P ^a   Saire Mendoza, Mardeli ^a   Gavidia, Cesar M ^b   Barron, Eduardo ^b   Boufana, Belgees ^c   Craig, Philip S ^c   Tello, Luis ^d   Garcia, Hector H ^e,f,g   Santivañez, Saul J ^g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Instituto Peruano de Parasitologia Clinica y Experimental   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^f Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia   (Peru)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPROPARASITOSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIPYLIDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOSPORA; LICENCE; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOCARA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG DISEASE; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

ABATTOIRS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861204502     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001462     Document Type: Article

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