Cutaneous larva migrans (creeping eruption) in an urban slum in Brazil

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 511-515

  Heukelbach, Jörg ^a,b,c   Wilcke, Thomas ^a,b   Feldmeier, Hermann ^a,b  

^a Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPARASITE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARVA MIGRANS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOM; TOPOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3242772618     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02152.x     Document Type: Article

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