Seroprevalence of zoonotic parasites in pigs slaughtered in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 872-876

  Devleesschauwer, Brecht ^a,b   Pruvot, Mathieu ^c   Joshi, Durga Datt ^d   De Craeye, Stéphane ^e   Jennes, Malgorzata ^a   Ale, Anita ^d   Welinski, Alma ^f   Lama, Sanjyoti ^d   Aryal, Arjun ^g   Victor, Bjorn ^h   Duchateau, Luc ^a   Speybroeck, Niko ^b   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Dorny, Pierre ^a,h  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d National Zoonoses and Food Hygiene Research Centre   (Nepal)

^e SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^g Central Veterinary Hospital   (Nepal)

^h INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nepal; Pigs; Seroprevalence; Taenia solium; Toxoplasma gondii; Trichinella spp.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SWINE DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRICHINELLOSIS; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84889859329     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2013.1313     Document Type: Article

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