A longitudinal study on cutaneous larva migrans in an impoverished Brazilian township

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 213-218

  Heukelbach, Jörg ^a   Wilcke, Thomas ^b   Meier, Ariane ^b   Moura, Rômulo César Sabóia ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^b  

^a Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Clinical pathology; Creeping eruption; Cutaneous larva migrans; Epidemiology; Parasitic skin disease; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUTTOCK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT; GENITAL SYSTEM; HAND; HEAD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INSOMNIA; LARVA MIGRANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERINFECTION; TRUNK; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 15744364892     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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