Outbreak of cutaneous larva migrans in Naples, Southern Italy

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 491-492

  Galanti, B ^a   Fusco, F M ^a   Nardiello, S ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Creeping eruption; Cutaneous larva migrans; Italy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CORTISONE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIDEMIC; FECES; HUMAN; ITALY; LARVA MIGRANS; MEXICO; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036759098     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90415-3     Document Type: Article

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