Myiasis during Adventure Sports Race

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-139

  Seppänen, Mikko ^a   Virolainen Julkunen, Anni ^a,b   Kakko, Iiro ^c   Vilkamaa, Pekka ^d   Meri, Seppo ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Sports Institute of Eerikkilä   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYIASIS; SPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICS;

EID: 0347991887     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1001.020825     Document Type: Article

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