Is Strongyloides stercoralis endemic in Greece?

Archives of Hellenic Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-66

  Tzanetou, K ^a,b   Geros, I ^a   Kalogeropoulou, E ^a   Karathanasis, A ^a   Tsoufakis, G ^a   Ziroyiannis, P ^a   Malamou Lada, E ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Direct life cycle; Epidemiology; Indirect life cycle; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; GREECE; HUMAN; NEMATODIASIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; SOIL ANALYSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; URINE CULTURE; URINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 0242403100     PISSN: 11053992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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