State of the art of Taenia solium as compared to Taenia asiatica

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-49

  Flisser, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Control measure; Cysticercosis; Epidemiology; Life cycle; Parasite; Taenia asiatica; Taenia saginata; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ANTICESTODAL AGENT; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; TAENIA SOLIUM ANTIBODY; TSOL 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS (CESTODE LARVA); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LARVAL STAGE; LEGAL ASPECT; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; SWINE; TAENIA; TAENIA ASIATICA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

CONTROL MEASURE; CYSTICERCOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE; TAENIA ASIATICA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; TAENIA; TAENIASIS;

EID: 84874621763     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2013.51.1.43     Document Type: Review

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