Common-source outbreak of acute infection due to the North American liver fluke Metorchis conjunctus

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8995, 1996, Pages 154-158

  MacLean, J Dick ^a   Arthur, J Richard ^b   Ward, Brian J ^a   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^b   Curtis, Mark A ^c   Kokoskin, Evelyne ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITREMATODAL AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EOSINOPHIL; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; FEVER; FISH; FOOD POISONING; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030050538     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90342-6     Document Type: Article

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