Echinostomiasis: A common but forgotten food-borne disease

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 501-504

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a   Fried, Bernard ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031893188     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.501     Document Type: Article

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