Agricultural researchers and social scientists join medical and veterinary doctors to combat an emerging zoonosis in sub-Saharan Africa.

Extracted from text ... To the editor - Aan die redakteur Agricultural researchers and social scientists join medical and veterinary doctors to combat an emerging zoonosis in sub-Saharan Africa The 4th general assembly meeting on cysticercosis, a parasitic disease emerging as a serious threat to livestock production and human health in eastern and southern Africa, was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in July 2006*. The organiser, the Cysticercosis Working Group in Eastern and Southern Africa (CWGESA), was established to promote communication, collaboration and coordination of integrated research and control activities to combat cysticercosis, a neurological and sometimes fatal disease transmitted between pigs and ..