Control of taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis: Past practices and new possibilities

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1566-1577

  Lightowlers, Marshall W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

control options; cysticercosis; neurocysticercosis; oxfendazole; Taenia solium; vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE; OXFENDAZOLE; OXFENDAZOLE SULFONE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRAZIQUANTEL; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; TAENIACIDE; TSOL18 VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASCARIASIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTICERCOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; METASTRONGYLOIDIASIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY ELISA KIT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TAENIA; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TAENIA SAGINATA ASIATICA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84886889228     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013001005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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