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risk factors associated with porcine cysticercosis in selected districts of eastern and southern provinces of zambia.	to determine the risk factors associated with taenia solium transmission in humans and pigs in the rural areas of eastern and southern provinces of zambia, a questionnaire was administered in 788 households from 155 villages. pigs were examined from 800 households. tongue examination and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ag-elisa) for the detection of circulating antigens of t. solium cysticerci were used to measure infection in pigs. a snowballing technique was utilised to select households wi ...	2007	16956727
prevalence of taenia solium porcine cysticercosis in the eastern, southern and western provinces of zambia.	tongue examination and detection of circulating antigen (ag-elisa) were used to establish the prevalence of taenia solium porcine cysticercosis in free-range pigs in selected districts of eastern, southern and western provinces of zambia, and to determine if prevalence of porcine cysticercosis was associated with age, breed and sex. households with pigs were identified using the snowballing technique. a total of 1691 pigs were examined out of which 183 (10.8%) were positive on tongue examination ...	2008	17468023