Reemergence of strongyloidiasis, Northern Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1531-1533

  Abrescia, Fabrizio F ^a,d   Falda, Alessandra ^b   Caramaschi, Giacomo ^b   Scalzini, Alfredo ^b   Gobbi, Federico ^a   Angheben, Andrea ^a   Gobbo, Maria ^a   Schiavon, Renzo ^c   Rovere, Pierangelo ^c   Bisoffi, Zeno ^a  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Mater Salutis   (Italy)

^d Ospedale S Cuore   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 70249113069     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.090191     Document Type: Letter

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