Prevalence of porcine cysticercosis and associated risk factors in Homa Bay District, Kenya

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Eshitera, Eric E ^a   Githigia, Samuel M ^a   Kitala, Philip ^a   Thomas, Lian F ^b,c   Fèvre, Eric M ^b,c   Harrison, Leslie J S ^d   Mwihia, Evalyn W ^a   Otieno, Richard O ^a   Ojiambo, Fred ^a   Maingi, Ndichu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Kenya; Porcine; Prevalence; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; SUIDAE; SUS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KENYA; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KENYA; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 84870368708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-234     Document Type: Article

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