Evaluating the Role of Corrals and Insects in the Transmission of Porcine Cysticercosis: A Cohort Study

Evaluating the Role of Corrals and Insects in the Transmission of Porcine Cysticercosis: A Cohort Study

The widespread dispersion of pigs infected with cysticercosis across endemic villages, low cyst burden among infected pigs, and low prevalence of taeniasis all suggest that pig ingestion of human feces is not the only mode of transmission for <i>Taenia solium</i>. Our objective was to ev...

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Main Authors: Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Ian W. Pray, Ricardo Gamboa, Claudio Muro, Percy Vilchez, Luis Gomez-Puerta, Ana Vargas-Calla, Gabrielle Bonnet, Francesco Pizzitutti, Hector H. Garcia, Armando E. Gonzalez, Seth E. O’Neal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
porcine cysticercosis
cohort
free roaming
corrals
insects
seroincidence
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/4/597

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