Publications
Comparison of conventional techniques to differentiate between Taenia solium and Taenia saginata and an improved polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay using a mitochondrial 12S rDNA fragment Institute of Tropical Medicine
The epidemiology of Taenia saginata and Taenia solium in Western Europe: a systematic review Institute of Tropical Medicine
Detection of Taenia solium antigens and anti-T. solium antibodies in paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with intraparenchymal or extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis Institute of Tropical Medicine
A cross-sectional study of Taenia solium in a multiple taeniid-endemic region reveals competition may be protective Institute of Tropical Medicine
Complexities in using sentinel pigs to study Taenia solium transmission dynamics under field conditions Institute of Tropical Medicine
Epidemiology of polyparasitism with Taenia solium, schistosomes and soil-transmitted helminths in the co-endemic village of Malanga, Democratic Republic of Congo Institute of Tropical Medicine Ghent University
Helminth co-infections are common in sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about the distribution and determinants of co-infections with Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis. Building on a previous community-based study on human cysticercosis in Malanga village, we investigated co-infections with Taenia solium, soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) and Schistosoma spp and associated risk factors in a random subsample of 330 participants. ...
Investigating a hyper-endemic focus of Taenia solium in northern Lao PDR Institute of Tropical Medicine Ghent University
BACKGROUND: The Taenia solium cysticercosis-taeniasis complex is a Neglected Tropical Disease of significant public health importance in many impoverished communities worldwide. The parasite is suspected to be endemic in Lao PDR as a result of widespread risk factors including open human defecation, free ranging pigs and weak systems for meat inspection and carcass condemnation. Reported prevalences of human taeniasis throughout the country ...