Use of oxfendazole to control porcine cysticercosis in a high-endemic area of Mozambique

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Pondja, Alberto ^a   Neves, Luís ^a   Mlangwa, James ^b   Afonso, Sónia ^a   Fafetine, José ^a   Willingham, Arve Lee ^c   Thamsborg, Stig Milan ^c   van Johansen, Mariag ^c  

^a EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXFEN C; OXFENDAZOLE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOZAMBIQUE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863706867     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001651     Document Type: Article

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