Re-emergence of paragonimiasis in Kyushu, Japan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 686-691

  Uchiyama, Fukumi ^b   Morimoto, Yasuko ^b   Nawa, Yukifumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; COOKING; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOKERY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PARAGONIMIASIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033291384     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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