Eight year old with fever, hepatomegaly, and positive thick smear

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-

  Asayag, Cesar Ramal ^b   Garay, Camilo Ruiz ^b   Sanchez, Graciela Meza ^b   Angeles, Cristiam Carey ^c   Baca, Cesar Jara ^b   Evans, Carlton ^d   Yori, Pablo Peñataro ^a   Kosek, Margaret ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Hospital Regional de Loreto   (Peru)

^c Office of Epidemiology   (Peru)

^d ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; NIFURTIMOX;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TROPICAL MEDICINE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 53749088908     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.473     Document Type: Article

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