Taenia solium Cysticercosis Hotspots Surrounding Tapeworm Carriers: Clustering on Human Seroprevalence but Not on Seizures

BACKGROUND: Neurocysticercosis accounts for 30%–50% of all late-onset epilepsy in endemic countries. We assessed the clustering patterns of Taenia solium human cysticercosis seropositivity and seizures around tapeworm carriers in seven rural communities in Peru. METHODOLOGY: The presence of T. soliu...

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Autores principales: Lescano, Andres G., Garcia, Hector H., Gilman, Robert H., Gavidia, Cesar M., Tsang, Victor C. W., Rodriguez, Silvia, Moulton, Lawrence H., Villaran, Manuel V., Montano, Silvia M., Gonzalez, Armando E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2625436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19172178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000371

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