Gnathostomiasis: A review of a previously localized zoonosis now crossing numerous geographical boundaries

Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-143

  Ligon, B Lee ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHY; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 17044410848     PISSN: 10451870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.spid.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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