Browsing by Subject "Disease Transmission"

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Anti-triatomine saliva immunoassays for the evaluation of impregnated netting trials against Chagas disease transmission

Schwarz, A.; Juarez, J.A.; Richards, J.; Rath, B.; Machaca, V.Q.; Castro, Y.E.; Málaga, E.S.; Levy, K.; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Bern, C.; Verastegui Pimentel, Manuela Renee; Levy, M.Z. (Elsevier, 2011)

Insecticide-impregnated nets can kill triatomine bugs, but it remains unclear whether they can protect against Chagas disease transmission. In a field trial in Quequeña, Peru, sentinel guinea pigs placed in intervention ...
Clinical pleiomorphism in human leishmaniases, with special mention of asymptomatic infection

Bañuls, A.L.; Bastien, P.; Pomares, C.; Arévalo Zelada, Jorge Luis; Fisa, R.; Hide, M. (Elsevier, 2011)

This review gives an update of current knowledge on the clinical pleiomorphism of Leishmania, with a special emphasis on the case of asymptomatic carriage. The first part describes the numerous unusual expressions of the ...
Neurocysticercosis in immigrant populations

García Lescano, Héctor Hugo (Oxford University Press, 2012)

Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, is endemic in most developing countries. The adult tapeworm only lives in the small intestine of humans, who get infected eating poorly cooked pork with cystic larvae. Tapeworm carriers ...

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