Seroprevalence of antibodies against Taenia solium cysticerci among refugees resettled in United States

Authors :: O'Neal, Seth E.
Townes, John M.
Wilkins, Patricia P.
Noh, John C.
Lee, Deborah
Rodriguez, Silvia
Garcia, Hector H.
Stauffer, William M.
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. March 1, 2012, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p431, 8 p.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Cysticercosis is a disease caused by infection with the larval stage of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Humans and pigs acquire cysticercosis by ingesting T. solium eggs shed in the [...]

Subjects :: United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Prevention
Health aspects
Banks (Finance) -- Health aspects
Epilepsy -- Prevention -- Health aspects
Seizures (Medicine) -- Prevention -- Health aspects
Infection -- Prevention -- Health aspects
Antibodies -- Health aspects
Viral antibodies -- Health aspects

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