Short report: Gnathostomiasis in Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 316-318

  Ogata, Katsumi ^a   Nawa, Yukifumi ^a   Akahane, Hiroshige ^a   Camacho, Sylvia Paz Diaz ^a   Lamothe Argumedo, Rafael ^a   Cruz Reyes, Alejandro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; THELAZIA; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0031923047     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.316     Document Type: Article

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