Assessing Ultrasonography as a Diagnostic Tool for Porcine Cysticercosis

Robert H. Flecker; Ian W. Pray; Saul J. Santivaňez; Viterbo Ayvar; Ricardo Gamboa; Claudio Muro; Luz Maria Moyano; Victor Benavides; Hector H. Garcia; Seth E. O’Neal

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005282

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Assessing Ultrasonography as a Diagnostic Tool for Porcine Cysticercosis

Robert H. Flecker ,

* E-mail: flecker@ohsu.edu

Affiliation School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3165-0220

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Ian W. Pray,

Affiliation School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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Saul J. Santivaňez,

Affiliations School of Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Instituto Peruano de Parasitologia Clinica y Experimental - INPPACE, Lima, Peru
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Viterbo Ayvar,

Affiliation Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru
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Ricardo Gamboa,

Affiliation Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru
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Claudio Muro,

Affiliation Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru
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Luz Maria Moyano,

Affiliation Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru
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Victor Benavides,

Affiliation Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru
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Hector H. Garcia,

Affiliations School of Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru
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Seth E. O’Neal

Affiliations School of Public Health, Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, Center for Global Health Tumbes, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Tumbes, Peru
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Assessing Ultrasonography as a Diagnostic Tool for Porcine Cysticercosis

Robert H. Flecker,
Ian W. Pray,
Saul J. Santivaňez,
Viterbo Ayvar,
Ricardo Gamboa,
Claudio Muro,
Luz Maria Moyano,
Victor Benavides,
Hector H. Garcia,
Seth E. O’Neal

Published: January 5, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005282

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