A case of human fasciolosis: Discrepancy between egg size and genotype of Fasciola sp

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 665-667

  Inoue, Ken ^a   Kanemasa, Hidetoshi ^a   Inoue, Kaori ^a   Matsumoto, Masafumi ^a   Kajita, Yoshihiro ^a   Mitsufuji, Shoji ^b   Kataoka, Keisyo ^b   Okanoue, Takeshi ^b   Yamada, Minoru ^b   Uchikawa, Ryuichi ^b   Tegoshi, Tatsuya ^b   Arizono, Naoki ^b  

^a NANTAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICLABENDAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; CASE REPORT; EGG SIZE; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYBRID GENE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WORM;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL SIZE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; OVUM; PHYLOGENY;

DIGENEA (FLUKES); FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 33845746171     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0370-1     Document Type: Article

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