Prevalence and risk factors for Taenia solium cysticercosis in school-aged children: A school based study in western Sichuan, People’s Republic of China

BACKGROUND: Taenia solium cysticercosis affects millions of impoverished people worldwide and can cause neurocysticercosis, an infection of the central nervous system which is potentially fatal. Children may represent an especially vulnerable population to neurocysticercosis, due to the risk of cogn...

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Autores principales: Openshaw, John J., Medina, Alexis, Felt, Stephen A., Li, Tiaoying, Huan, Zhou, Rozelle, Scott, Luby, Stephen P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5959190/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29738570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006465

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