A human case of gnathostomiasis nipponica confirmed indirectly by finding infective larvae in leftover largemouth bass meat

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 407-409

  Ishida, K ^a   Kubota, T ^a   Matsuda, S ^a   Sugaya, H ^a   Manabe, M ^a   Yoshimura, K ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GNATHOSTOMA NIPPONICUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; THELAZIA;

ANIMALS; BASS; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; FRESH WATER; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; JAPAN; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; GNATHOSTOMA; GNATHOSTOMA NIPPONICUM; GNATHOSTOMIASIS NIPPONICA; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; NEMATODA; THELAZIA;

EID: 0242432630     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0407:AHCOGN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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