Human thelaziasis, Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 647-649

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Dutto, Moreno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b S Croce and Carle General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CARNIVORE; CASE REPORT; EUROPE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; THELAZIASIS; WORM; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 42149177818     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1404.071205     Document Type: Article

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