Human gnathostomiasis caused by Gnathostoma doloresi, with particular reference to the parasitological investigation of the causative agent

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 721-726

  Akahane, H ^a   Shibue, K ^a   Shimizu, A ^a   Toshitani, S ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOM; THELAZIA; TROUT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

GNATHOSTOMA; NEMATODA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MASOU MASOU; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; THELAZIA;

EID: 0032321858     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989859186     Document Type: Article

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