Ocular parastrongyliasis (=angiostrongyliasis): Probable first report of human infection from a patient in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Parassitologia

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-316

  Dissanaike, A S ^a   Cross, J H ^b  

^a University of the Health Services ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^b University of the Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Parastrongyliasis; Parastrongylus

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYE INFECTION; EYE IRRITATION; EYE PAIN; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IRITIS; MALE; PATIENT; SRI LANKA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 17244374895     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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