Dirofilaria repens infection and concomitant meningoencephalitis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1844-1846

  Poppert, Sven ^a   Hodapp, Maike ^b   Krueger, Andreas ^a   Hegasy, Guido ^a   Niesen, Wolf Dirk ^b   Kern, Winfried V ^b   Tannich, Egbert ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ANIMALS; APHASIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; DOGS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SRI LANKA; TRAVEL;

EID: 70350460750     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090936     Document Type: Article

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