Prevalence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs entering the food chain in western Kenya.

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Published in Trop Anim Health Prod on November 18, 2015

Authors

Lian Francesca Thomas1,2, Leslie Jayne Stevenson Harrison3, Philip Toye2, William Anson de Glanville1,2, Elizabeth Anne Jesse Cook1,2, Claire Njeri Wamae4,5, Eric Maurice Fèvre6,7

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, Ashworth Labs, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Rd, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, UK.
2: International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya.
3: Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
4: Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
5: School of Health Sciences, Mount Kenya University, Thika, Kenya.
6: International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya. Eric.Fevre@liverpool.ac.uk.
7: Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Neston, CH64 7TE, UK. Eric.Fevre@liverpool.ac.uk.

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