Patterns and Risks of Trichinella Infection in Humans and Pigs in Northern Laos

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Conlan, James V ^a   Vongxay, Khamphouth ^b   Khamlome, Boualam ^c   Gomez Morales, Maria Angeles ^d   Pozio, Edoardo ^d   Blacksell, Stuart D ^a,e,f   Fenwick, Stanley ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry   (Laos)

^c Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAOS; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PIG; SERUM; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS; VETERINARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SERUM; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905454813     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003034     Document Type: Article

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