Investigating a hyper-endemic focus of Taenia solium in northern Lao PDR

Investigating a hyper-endemic focus of Taenia solium in northern Lao PDR

Abstract Background The Taenia solium cysticercosis-taeniasis complex is a Neglected Tropical Disease of significant public health importance in many impoverished communities worldwide. The parasite is suspected to be endemic in Lao PDR as a result of widespread risk factors including open human def...

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Main Authors: Anna Okello, Amanda Ash, Chattouphone Keokhamphet, Emma Hobbs, Boualam Khamlome, Pierre Dorny, Lian Thomas, John Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-03-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Taenia solium
Taeniasis
Cysticercosis
Lao PDR
Neglected tropical diseases
One health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-134

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-134

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