Gnathostomiasis acquired by British tourists in Botswana

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 594-597

  Herman, Joanna S ^a   Wall, Emma C ^a   Van Tulleken, Christoffer ^a   Godfrey Faussett, Peter ^a,b   Bailey, Robin L ^a,b   Chiodini, Peter L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CAMPING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRURITUS; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPLENOMEGALY; THELAZIA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 65349117097     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/1504.081646     Document Type: Article

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