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Spatial relationship between Taenia solium tapeworm carriers and necropsy cyst burden in pigs

BACKGROUND: Taenia solium, a parasite that affects humans and pigs, is the leading cause of preventable epilepsy in the developing world. Geographic hotspots of pigs testing positive for serologic markers of T. solium exposure have been observed surrounding the locations of human tapeworm carriers....

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Autores principales: Pray, Ian W., Ayvar, Viterbo, Gamboa, Ricardo, Muro, Claudio, Moyano, Luz M., Benavides, Victor, Flecker, Robert H., Garcia, Hector H., O’Neal, Seth E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5404875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28406898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005536