Epidemiology and Management of Cysticercosis and Taenia solium Taeniasis in Europe, Systematic Review 1990-2011

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Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Zammarchi, Lorenzo ^a   Strohmeyer, Marianne ^a   Bartalesi, Filippo ^b   Bruno, Elisa ^c   Muñoz, José ^d   Buonfrate, Dora ^e   Nicoletti, Alessandra ^c   García, Héctor Hugo ^f   Pozio, Edoardo ^g   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^g ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; EUROPE; HUMANS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

EID: 84880851664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069537     Document Type: Article

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