| elimination of taenia solium transmission in northern peru. | taeniasis and cysticercosis are major causes of seizures and epilepsy. infection by the causative parasite taenia solium requires transmission between humans and pigs. the disease is considered to be eradicable, but data on attempts at regional elimination are lacking. we conducted a three-phase control program in tumbes, peru, to determine whether regional elimination would be feasible. | 2016 | 27305193 |
| [epidemiology and control of cysticercosis in peru]. | neurocysticercosis, the infection of the human central nervous system by the larval stage of the cestode taenia solium, is an important cause of epilepsy and other neurological manifestations in peru and most developing countries. since 1987, the cysticercosis working group in peru has performed a series of epidemiological studies which led to estimate the impact and to better understand the transmission of taenia solium. this information was later applied to the design and execution of a contro ... | 2010 | 21308201 |