Short report: Neurocysticercosis in an Italian traveler to Latin America

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 255-256

  Chatel, Giuseppina ^a   Gulletta, Maurizio ^a   Scolari, Carla ^a   Bombana, Enrico ^a   El Hamad, Issa ^a   Matteelli, Alberto ^a   Carosi, Giampiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TRAVEL; TROPICS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD CONTROL; GUATEMALA; ITALY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TAENIA;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEAT; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SWINE; TAENIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033070132     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.255     Document Type: Article

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