Taenia solium in Europe: Still endemic?

The pork tapeworm Taenia solium causes an important economic and health burden, mainly in rural or marginalized communities of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin-America. Although improved pig rearing conditions seem to have eliminated the parasite in most Western European countries, little is known...

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Main Authors: Devleesschauwer, Brecht (Author), Allepuz, Alberto (Author), Dermauw, Veronique (Author), Johansen, Maria V (Author), Laranjo-González, Minerva (Author), Smit, G. Suzanne A. (Author), Sotiraki, Smaragda (Author), Trevisan, Chiara (Author), Wardrop, Nicola A. (Author), Dorny, Pierre (Author), Gabriël, Sarah (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2015-08-12.
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