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Human and porcine Taenia solium infection in rural north India
- Source :
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene; Sep2002, Vol. 96 Issue 5, p515-516, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- 72 members of a pig farming community and 50 slaughtered pigs in Uttar Pradesh, India, were examined between November 2000 and June 2001 for Taenia solium infection. 27 of the human subjects (38%) had intestinal taeniasis and 7 (9·7%) had reported seizures. All 3 of the latter who were examined had neurocysticercosis. 13 of the pigs (26%) had cysticercosis. Such high prevalences indicate the need for detailed assessment of the disease burden in this community. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- SWINE
PORCINE somatotropin
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00359203
- Volume :
- 96
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18934064
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90423-2