Incidental finding of Dracunculus medinensis in Australia [3]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-52

  Menon, Tulsi ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENTAL FINDING; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LETTER; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SUDAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 21844470243     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06894.x     Document Type: Letter

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2. Muller R. Dracunculus and dracunculiasis. In: Dawes B, editor. Advances in parasitology. New York, NY: Academic Press, 1971; 73-140.
3. Spring M, Spearman P. Dracunculiasis: report of an imported case in the United States. Clin Infec Dis 1997; 25: 749-750.