African Trypanosomiasis gambiensi, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1745-1747

  Bisoffi, Zeno ^a   Beltrame, Anna ^b   Monteiro, Geraldo ^a   Arzese, Alessandra ^b,c   Marocco, Stefania ^a   Rorato, Giada ^b   Anselmi, Hariella ^a   Viale, Pierluigi ^b  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; MALE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TRAVEL; TRYPANOSOMA; ANIMAL; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; GABON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 27744491565     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1111.050649     Document Type: Article

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