Amebic granulomatosis encephalitis due to Balamuthia mandrillaris: A fatal disease increasingly recognized in Latin America;Encefalitis amebiana granulomatosa por Balamuthia mandrillaris: Una enfermedad fatal reconocida cada vez más frecuentemente en América Latina

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-199

  Seas R , Carlos ^a   Bravo P , Francisco ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33749017648     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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