Taenia solium infection in Peru: a collaboration between Peace Corps Volunteers and researchers in a community based study.
Neurocysticercosis is a leading cause of seizures and epilepsy in most of the world, and it occurs when Taenia solium larval cysts infect the central nervous system. T. solium tapeworm infection is endemic in much of Peru, but there are scarce data on the prevalence in many rural highland communitie...
Main Authors: | Nathaniel S Watts, Monica Pajuelo, Taryn Clark, Maria-Cristina I Loader, Manuela R Verastegui, Charles Sterling, Jon S Friedland, Hector H Garcia, Robert H Gilman, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4254459?pdf=render |
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