Neglected tropical diseases outside the tropics

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Norman, Francesca F ^a   de Ayala, Ana Pérez ^a   Pérez Molina, José Antonio ^a   Monge Maillo, Begoña ^a   Zamarrón, Pilar ^a   López Vélez, Rogelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BURULI ULCER; CHAGAS DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLIT LAMP; SPAIN; TRICHURIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS; ANIMAL; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957907259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000762     Document Type: Article

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