An unusual case of hypereosinophilia and abdominal pain: An outbreak of trichostrongylus imported from New Zealand

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-60

  Wall, Emma C ^a   Bhatnagar, Neha ^b   Watson, Julie ^a   Doherty, Tom ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ORGANIC FERTILIZER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; LABORATORY TEST; MANURE; NEW ZEALAND; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; TRAVEL; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 78650930956     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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