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The status and health burden of neurocysticercosis in Mbulu district, northern Tanzania

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess the extent and health burden of neurocysticercosis in the general community of the Mbulu district, northern Tanzania. About 1051 randomly select participants were screened for human cysticercosis. The Cysticercus Western Blot IgG and Computed Tomo...

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Autores principales:	Mwang’onde, Beda John, Chacha, Mwita John, Nkwengulila, Gamba
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Note
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293552/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30545404 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3999-9

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