WHO guidelines on management of taenia solium neurocysticercosis

Taenia solium is a zoonotic tapeworm which causes taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans. The total number of people with symptomatic or asymptomatic neurocysticercosis is estimated to be 2.56-8.30 million from the data available. Incongruity among studies, however, demonstrates the extent to which n...

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Corporate Author: World Health Organization
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva World Health Organization [2021], 2021
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Taenia solium is a zoonotic tapeworm which causes taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans. The total number of people with symptomatic or asymptomatic neurocysticercosis is estimated to be 2.56-8.30 million from the data available. Incongruity among studies, however, demonstrates the extent to which neurocysticercosis remains an understudied, misunderstood, neglected tropical disease
Physical Description:1 PDF file (xi, 94 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9789240032231
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