Trichinellosis, a threatening and re-emerging disease in a Romanian western county

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 717-721

  Neghina, Raul ^a   Neghina, Adriana M ^a   Marincu, Iosif ^a   Moldovan, Roxana ^a   Iacobiciu, Ioan ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hygienic measures; Pork; Romania; Trichinellosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EYE PAIN; EYELID EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROMANIA; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHINOSIS; VOMITING; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBENDAZOLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SEASONS; SWINE; TRICHINELLOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749123403     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0204     Document Type: Article

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