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PARASITOLOGY
Volume 134, Issue -, Pages 129-133Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001132
Keywords
Taenia solium; cysticercosis; control; vaccination; field evaluation
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Taenia solium cysticercosis is a parasitic disease frequently affecting human health and the pig industry in many developing countries. A synthetic peptide vaccine (designated S3Pvac) against porcine cysticercosis has been developed previously as an aid to interrupt transmission and has been shown to be effective. The results of the present study support the effectiveness of the vaccine under endemic field conditions. However, given the time-frame of the vaccination trial, no changes in the local levels of transmission were detectable before and after vaccination using sentinel pigs. Thus, this investigation shows the limited usefulness of single vaccination as the sole means of interrupting Taenia solium transmission in an endemic region.
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