Diagnosis of human visceral pentastomiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Tappe, Dennis ^a   Büttner, Dietrich W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HAND WASHING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN VISCERAL PENTASTOMIASIS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NYMPH; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; ANIMAL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PENTASTOMIDA;

ANIMALS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PENTASTOMIDA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65549142611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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