Protecting Livestock. Improving Human Lives

Implementation of a practical and effective pilot intervention against transmission of Taenia solium by pigs in the Banke district of Nepal

Author: Ishab Poudel, Keshav Sah , Suyog Subedi , Dinesh Kumar Singh , Peetambar Kushwaha , Angela Colston , Charles G. Gauci , Meritxell Donadeu , Marshall W. Lightowlers

Year: 2019

About this Publication:

Taenia solium is a zoonotic cestode parasite which causes human neurocysticercosis. Pigs transmit the parasite by acting as the intermediate host. An intervention was implemented to control transmission of T. solium by pigs in Nepal.

Grant: PLSHL2

Subject Areas: Research and Development

URL https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0006838

Keywords:

Nepal, Porcine Cysticercosis, Taenia solium

Countries:

Nepal

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