Third report of ocular parastrongyliasis (angiostrongyliasis) from Sri Lanka

Parassitologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 95-97

  Dissanaike, A S ^a   Ihalamulla, R L ^b   Naotunne, T De S ^a,b   Senarathna, T ^c   Withana, D S R ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c Anuradhapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Eye; Parastrongylus; Sri lanka; Third case

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; EYE INFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SRI LANKA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; SRI LANKA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0035468589     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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