Outbreak of Pyemotes dermatitis in an elementary school [5];Brote de dermatitis por Pyemotes en un centro de enseñanza primaria

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 370-371

  Rodríguez Casado, María José ^a   Cerro González, Román ^b   Martín Blázquez, Jose Luis ^a   Vázquez Contioso, Manuel ^a  

^a Distrito Atencion Primaria Salud   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARIDAE; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRURITUS; PYEMOTES;

EID: 3142678738     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13063055     Document Type: Letter

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