Linguatuliasis in Germany [2]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1034-1036

  Tappe, Dennis ^a   Winzer, Ralf ^a   Büttner, Dietrich W ^b   Ströbel, Philipp ^a   Stich, August ^c   Klinker, Hartwig ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Medical Mission Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LINGUATULIASIS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOSIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KAZAKHSTAN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERMANY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE;

EID: 33744905002     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1206.051413     Document Type: Letter

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