Taenia solium Infection in Peru: A Collaboration between Peace Corps Volunteers and Researchers in a Community Based Study

BACKGROUND: 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 highlan...

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Autores principales: Watts, Nathaniel S., Pajuelo, Monica, Clark, Taryn, Loader, Maria-Cristina I., Verastegui, Manuela R., Sterling, Charles, Friedland, Jon S., Garcia, Hector H., Gilman, Robert H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25469506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113239

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25469506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113239

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