Risk factors of Porcine cysticercosis in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Krecek, Rosina Claudia ^a,b   Mohammed, Hamish ^c   Michael, Lynne Margaret ^d   Schantz, Peter Mullineaux ^e   Ntanjana, Lulama ^f   Morey, Liesl ^g   Werre, Stephen Rakem ^h   Willingham III, Arve Lee ⁱ  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d (PTY) LTD   (South Africa)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^h VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYSTICERCOSIS; EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLY; FOOD CONTROL; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LATRINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SWINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CYSTICERCUS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

SUIDAE; SUS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SWINE;

EID: 84861399288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037718     Document Type: Article

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