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SUBMITTER: O'Neal SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8386790 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Neal Seth E SE Pray Ian W IW Vilchez Percy P Gamboa Ricardo R Muro Claudio C Moyano Luz Maria LM Ayvar Viterbo V Gavidia Cesar M CM Gilman Robert H RH Gonzalez Armando E AE Garcia Hector H HH
Emerging infectious diseases 20210901 9
Optimal control strategies for Taenia solium taeniasis and cysticercosis have not been determined. We conducted a 2-year cluster randomized trial in Peru by assigning 23 villages to 1 of 3 geographically targeted intervention approaches. For ring screening (RS), participants living near pigs with cysticercosis were screened for taeniasis; identified cases were treated with niclosamide. In ring treatment (RT), participants living near pigs with cysticercosis received presumptive treatment with ni ...[more]