Short report: Case of gnathostomiasis in Beijing, China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-187

  Dong, Ming Li ^a   Xue, Rong Chen ^a   Jing, Song Zhou ^a   Zhi, Biao Xu ^b   Nawa, Yukifumi ^c   Dekumyoy, Paron ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Gtaphic Communication   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; THELAZIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SPIRURID INFECTION;

GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHINA; FEMALE; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 59649094206     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.185     Document Type: Article

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