Epidemiology of Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis in two rural Guatemalan communities.

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on September 01, 1996

Authors

J Garcia-Noval1, J C Allan, C Fletes, E Moreno, F DeMata, R Torres-Alvarez, H Soto de Alfaro, P Yurrita, H Higueros-Morales, F Mencos, P S Craig

Author Affiliations

1: Centro de Investigaciones de las Ciencas de la Salud, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.

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