Browsing by Subject "Sus scrofa"

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Genetic variability of Taenia solium cysticerci recovered from experimentally infected pigs and from naturally infected pigs using microsatellite markers

Pajuelo Travezaño, Monica Jhenny; Eguiluz, María; Roncal, Elisa; Quiñones-García, Stefany; Clipman, Steven J.; Calcina, Juan; Gavidia, Cesar M.; Sheen Cortavarria, Patricia; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Gilman, Robert Hugh; Gonzalez Zariquiey, Armando Emiliano; Zimic-Peralta, Mirko Juan; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Public Library of Science, 2017)

The adult Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, usually lives as a single worm in the small intestine of humans, its only known definitive host. Mechanisms of genetic variation in T. solium are poorly understood. Using three ...
Movements of free-range pigs in rural communities in Zambia: an explorative study towards future ring interventions for the control of Taenia solium

Van Damme, Inge; Pray, Ian; Mwape, Kabemba E.; Trevisan, Chiara; Coudenys, Fien; Mubanga, Chisimba; Mwelwa, Chembesofu; Vaernewyck, Victor; Dorny, Pierre; O’Neal, Seth E.; Gabriël, Sarah (BioMed Central, 2022)

Background: Taenia solium typically affects resource-poor communities where pigs are allowed to roam freely, and sanitation and hygiene levels are suboptimal. Sustainable, long-term strategies are urgently needed to control ...

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