Trichinellosis during pregnancy: A case control study in the Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 332-336

  Taybouavone, T ^a   Hai, T N ^a   Odermatt, P ^b   Keoluangkhot, V ^a   Delanos Gregoire, N ^c   Dupouy Camet, J ^c   Strobel, M ^a   Barennes, H ^a  

^a Institut Francophone Pour la Médecine Tropicale Vientiane   (Laos)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Infant; Laos; Pregnancy; Transmission; Trichinella spp.; Trichinellosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIC; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MYALGIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RASH; SEROLOGY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRICHINOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LAOS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; TRICHINELLOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

TRICHINELLA;

EID: 59349097195     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.046     Document Type: Article

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