Pulmonary dirofilariasis with serologic study on familial infection with Dirofilaria immitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-330

  Mori, Shin Ichiro ^c,d   Hirotsu, Yasunobu ^a   Mizoguchi, Akira ^c   Kawabata, Masaharu ^c   Nakamura Uchiyama, Fukumi ^b   Nawa, Yukifumi ^b   Osame, Mitsuhiro ^c  

^a Minami Kyushyu National Sanatorium   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Southern Region Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coin lesion; Dirofilaria immitis; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Family study; Pulmonary dirofilariasis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; DIROFILARIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE;

EID: 2542490401     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.327     Document Type: Article

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