Investigating a hyper-endemic focus of Taenia solium in northern Lao PDR

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Okello, Anna ^a,b,d   Ash, Amanda ^c   Keokhamphet, Chattouphone ^b   Hobbs, Emma ^d   Khamlome, Boualam ^e   Dorny, Pierre ^f   Thomas, Lian ^g,h   Allen, John ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b National Animal Health Laboratory   (Laos)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^f INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^g INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Lao PDR; Neglected tropical diseases; One health; Taenia solium; Taeniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIZZINESS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; SEIZURE; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FECES; HUMANS; LAOS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

EID: 84898483446     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-134     Document Type: Article

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