Cutaneous larva migrans and tungiasis in international travelers exiting Brazil: An airport survey

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 374-380

  Heukelbach, Jörg ^a   Gomide, Marcia ^a   Araújo Jr , Francisco ^a   Pinto, Nathalia S R ^a   Santana, Rafael D ^a   Brito, João R M ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFESTATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; IRRITABILITY; LARVA MIGRANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN INFECTION; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TUNGIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLEAS; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TRAVEL;

EID: 35948964727     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2007.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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