Short report: An imported case of cystic echinococcosis in Japan diagnosed by imaging and serology with confirmation of Echinococcus granulosus-specific DNA sequences

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 790-792

  Ito, Akira ^a   Okamoto, Munehiro ^b   Ishiguro, Takashi ^a   Ma, Liang ^a   Suzuki, Hideaki ^c   Yasui, Akihiro ^c   Shigeta, Hidetaka ^c   Matsuura, Toshlhiro ^c   Hosokawa, Takehiko ^c   Chai, Jun Jie ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c National Chubh Hospital   (Japan)

^d Xinjiang Institute for Endemic Diseases Control and Research   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0031748522     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.790     Document Type: Article

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