Fascioliasis imported to Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 534-537

  Jensenius, Mogens ^a   Flægstad, Trond ^d   Stenstad, Tore ^c   Gjølberg, Tor ^a   Vlatkovic, Ljiljana ^a   Schjøth Iversen, Line ^b   Berild, Dag ^a   Bordmann, Gerard ^e   Myrvang, Bjørn ^c  

^a AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ADOPTION; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; EGG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL; VIET NAM;

EID: 22844452657     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510034518     Document Type: Article

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