A case series of bleeding due to Leech infestation from the Gimbie region, Ethiopia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-59

  Duffy, Shane ^a  

^a New England House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DRINKING WATER; ERGOMETRINE; FANSIDAR; QUININE; RANITIDINE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LEECH; MALARIA; MALE; MELENA; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TACHYCARDIA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VOMITING; WATER SUPPLY; WORM EXPULSION; WORM INFECTION; ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; RIVER;

HIRUDINIDA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEECHES; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; RIVERS; WATER;

EID: 43049183672     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2007.060162     Document Type: Article

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