Human pulmonary dirofilariasis at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A case report;Dirofilaríase pulmonar humana no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: 'Relato de um caso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-59

  Rodrigues Silva, Rosângela ^a   De Alcantara Guerra, Rodrigo Jorge ^a   Barbosa De Almeida, Fernanda ^a   Machado Silva, José Roberto ^b   De Paiva, Daurita Darci ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dirofilaria immitis; Human pulmonary dirofilariasis; Solitary pulmonary nodule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 1442301078     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000100015     Document Type: Article

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