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Seasonal patterns in risk factors for Taenia solium transmission: A GPS tracking study of pigs and open human defecation in northern Peru

Pray, Ian W.; Muro Ecca, Claudio Alberto; Gamboa Morán, Ricardo; Vilchez Barreto, Percy Mcquen; Wakeland, Wayne; Pan, William; Lambert, William E.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; O'Neal, Seth E. (BioMed Central, 2019)

BACKGROUND: Taenia solium (cysticercosis) is a parasitic cestode that is endemic in rural populations where open defecation is common and free-roaming pigs have access to human feces. The purpose of this study was to ...
Trade-Offs in Relative Limb Length among Peruvian Children: Extending the Thrifty Phenotype Hypothesis to Limb Proportions

Pomeroy, E.; Stock, J.T.; Stanojevic, S.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Cole, T.J.; Wells, J.C.K. (Public Library of Science, 2012)

Background and Methods: Both the concept of 'brain-sparing' growth and associations between relative lower limb length, childhood environment and adult disease risk are well established. Furthermore, tibia length is suggested ...

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