Acute outbreak of gnathostomiasis in a fishing community in Sinaloa, Mexico

Parasitology International

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-140

  Díaz Camacho, Sylvia Paz ^a   Willms, Kaethe ^b   De La Cruz Otero, Ma Del Carmen ^a   Zazueta Ramos, Magda Luz ^a   Bayliss Gaxiola, Sergio ^a   Castro Velázquez, Rafael ^a   Osuna Ramírez, Ignacio ^a   Bojórquez Contreras, Angel ^a   Torres Montoya, Edith Hilario ^a   Sánchez Gonzáles, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Gnathostoma spp.; Gnathostomiasis; Larva migrans; Nematode

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANAMNESIS; ARM; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACK; BIRD; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY; EATING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; FEVER; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; GNASTHOSTOMIASIS; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SKIN DEFECT; VOMITING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ZOONOSIS;

AVES; ELEOTRIS; ELEOTRIS PICTA; GNATHOSTOMA; GNATHOSTOMA BINUCLEATUM;

EID: 0038204323     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(03)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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