Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis in Africa: Risk factors, epidemiology and prospects for control using vaccination

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 14-23

  Assana, Emmanuel ^a,c   Lightowlers, Marshall W ^b   Zoli, André P ^a   Geerts, Stanny ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NGAOUNDERE   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c University Institute of the Diocese of Buea   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Control; Cysticercosis; Taenia solium; Treatment; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

OXFENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; TAENIA SOLIUM VACCINE; TSOL16 VACCINE; TSOL18 VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CESTODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC PIG; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PIG FARMING; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSIS;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

AFRICA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; VACCINATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84878470810     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.022     Document Type: Review

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