Changing epidemiology of angiostrongyliasis cantonensis in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 184-186

  Asato, Ryuji ^b   Taira, Katsuya ^b   Nakamura, Masaji ^b   Kudaka, Jun ^b   Itokazu, Kiyomasa ^b   Kawanaka, Masanori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMACH JUICE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPHIBIA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATYHELMINTHS; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 4644329522     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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