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A molecular phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes by Nakao, M, McManus, D P, Schantz, P M, Craig, P S, Ito, A

“…Taxonomic revision by molecular phylogeny is needed to categorize members of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae). We have reconstructed the…”
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Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis by DEL BRUTTO, O. H, RAJSHEKHAR, V, BOTERO, D, ALLAN, J. C, SARTI, E, GONZALEZ, A. E, GILMAN, R. H, GARCIA, H. H, WHITE, A. C, TSANG, V. C. W, NASH, T. E, TAKAYANAGUI, O. M, SCHANTZ, P. M, EVANS, C. A. W, FLISSER, A, CORREA, D

“…Neurocysticercosis is the most common helminthic infection of the CNS but its diagnosis remains difficult. Clinical manifestations are nonspecific, most…”
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Echinococcosis on the Tibetan Plateau: prevalence and risk factors for cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Tibetan populations in Qinghai Province, China by Schantz, P M, Wang, H, Qiu, J, Liu, F J, Saito, E, Emshoff, A, Ito, A, Roberts, J M, Delker, C

“…Infections by larval stages of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus (echinococcosis or hydatid disease) are zoonotic infections of major public health…”
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Mass treatment against human taeniasis for the control of cysticercosis: a population-based intervention study by Sarti, E., Schantz, P.M., Avila, G., Ambrosio, J., Medina-Santillán, R., Flisser, A.

“…An intervention study with mass treatment against taeniasis to prevent neurocysticercosis due to Taenia solium in a rural community in Mexico was performed in…”
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Human Coenurosis in North America: Case Reports and Review by Ing, Michael B., Schantz, Peter M., Turner, Jerrold A.

“…Coenurosis is a zoonotic disease of humans caused by the larval stage of Taenia (Multiceps) species. In North America, the adult tapeworm of Taenia (Multiceps)…”
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Differential serodiagnosis for cystic and alveolar echinococcosis using fractions of Echinococcus granulosus cyst fluid (antigen B) and E. multilocularis protoscolex (EM18) by Ito, A, Ma, L, Schantz, P M, Gottstein, B, Liu, Y H, Chai, J J, Abdel-Hafez, S K, Altintas, N, Joshi, D D, Lightowlers, M W, Pawlowski, Z S

“…Echinococcus granulosus cyst fluid and E. multilocularis protoscolex extract were fractionated by a single step of preparative isoelectric focusing, resulting…”
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Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis in an Andean community by CRUZ, M. E, SCHANTZ, P. M, CRUZ, I, ESPINOSA, P, PREUX, P.-M, CRUZ, A, BENITEZ, W, TSANG, V. C, FERMOSO, J, DUMAS, M

“…Taenia solium neurocysticercosis (NCC) has been documented as one of the major causes of epilepsy in developing countries. However, methodological limitations…”
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Clinical Evaluation of the Cysticercosis Enzyme-Linked Immunoelectrotransfer Blot in Patients with Neurocysticercosis by Wilson, Marianna, Bryan, Ralph T., Fried, Janet A., Ware, Doris A., Schantz, Peter M., Pilcher, Joy B., Tsang, Victor C. W.

“…During the 3 years that the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay for the diagnosis of human cysticercosis has been in use at the Centers for…”
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Proposal of diagnostic criteria for human cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis by DEL BRUTTO, O. H, WADIA, N. H, DUMAS, M, CRUZ, M, TSANG, V. C. W, SCHANTZ, P. M

“…Taenia solium cysticercosis is a major public health problem in several areas of the world. While the disease has a recognized etiologic agent, its definitive…”
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Development and evaluation of a health education intervention against Taenia solium in a rural community in Mexico by Sarti, E, Flisser, A, Schantz, P M, Gleizer, M, Loya, M, Plancarte, A, Avila, G, Allan, J, Craig, P, Bronfman, M, Wijeyaratne, P

“…A comprehensive study was undertaken in a rural community in the state of Morelos, Mexico to evaluate health education as an intervention measure against…”
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Resurgence of cases of epileptic seizures and burns associated with cysticercosis in assologaima, Jayawijaya, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, 1991-95 by WANDRA, T, SUBAHAR, R, ITO, A, SIMANJUNTAK, G. M, MARGONO, S. S, SUROSO, T, OKAMOTO, M, NAKAO, M, SAKO, Y, NAKAYA, K, SCHANTZ, P. M

“…Historically, neurocysticercosis (NCC) caused by the larval stage, cysticercus or cysticerci, of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium was recognized in Paniai…”
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FAILURE TO IDENTIFY ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN TRAPPERS FROM SOUTH DAKOTA IN SPITE OF HIGH PREVALENCE OF ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS IN WILD CANIDS by Hildreth, M. B, Sriram, S, Gottstein, B, Wilson, M, Schantz, P. M

“…Echinococcus multilocularis causes a rare but potentially lethal zoonotic disease in humans. This tapeworm has been known to be endemic in foxes (Vulpes…”
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Novel antigens for neurocysticercosis: simple method for preparation and evaluation for serodiagnosis by Ito, A, Plancarte, A, Ma, L, Kong, Y, Flisser, A, Cho, S Y, Liu, Y H, Kamhawi, S, Lightowlers, M W, Schantz, P M

“…Neurocysticercosis (NCC), which is caused by infection with the larval stage of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium), is now recognized as a major cause of…”
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Neurocysticercosis in an Orthodox Jewish Community in New York City by Schantz, Peter M, Moore, Anne C, Muñoz, José L, Hartman, Barry J, Schaefer, John A, Aron, Alan M, Persaud, Deborah, Sarti, Elsa, Wilson, Marianna, Flisser, Ana

“…NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS is an infection of the central nervous system with the larval forms (cysticerci) of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium . The two-host life…”
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Prevalence and risk factors for Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans and pigs in a village in Morelos, Mexico by Sarti, E, Schantz, P M, Plancarte, A, Wilson, M, Gutierrez, I O, Lopez, A S, Roberts, J, Flisser, A

“…In a Mexican village in which Taenia solium infection was known to be endemic, we selected a cluster sample of 368 households (21% of the total) for…”
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Community-Based Epidemiological Investigations of Cysticercosis Due to Taenia solium: Comparison of Serological Screening Tests and Clinical Findings in Two Populations in Mexico by Schantz, P. M., Sarti, E., Plancarte, A., Wilson, M., Criales, J. L., Roberts, J., Flisser, A.

“…We compared a plate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with an immunoblot—or enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot—assay (EITB) for the…”
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Triosephosphate Isomerase Gene Characterization and Potential Zoonotic Transmission of Giardia duodenalis by Sulaiman, Irshad M, Fayer, Ronald, Bern, Caryn, Gilman, Robert H, Trout, James M, Schantz, Peter M, Das, Pradeep, Lal, Altaf A, Xiao, Lihua

“…To address the source of infection in humans and public health importance of Giardia duodenalis parasites from animals, nucleotide sequences of the…”
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Environmental Exposure to Toxocara as a Possible Risk Factor for Asthma: A Clinic-Based Case-Control Study by Sharghi, Neda, Schantz, Peter M., Caramico, Lisa, Ballas, Kathleen, Teague, Barbara A., Hotez, Peter J.

“…The zoonotic ascarid Toxocara has been suggested as a possible etiologic agent of asthma. We conducted a clinic-based case-control study to examine whether the…”
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Impact of health education on knowledge and prevention behavior for congenital toxoplasmosis: the experience in Poznań, Poland by Pawlowski, Z. S., Gromadecka-Sutkiewicz, M., Skommer, J., Paul, M., Rokossowski, H., Suchocka, E., Schantz, P. M.

“…In 1991–1997 educational activities were undertaken in the Poznań region of Poland to promote health education for the prevention of toxoplasmosis. The effect…”
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Tapeworms (cestodiasis) by Schantz, P M

“…Nearly all of the cestodes, or tapeworms (class Cestoda in the phylum Platyhelminthes, the flatworms), are parasitic as adults in the intestinal tract of…”
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