Acute strongyloidiasis in Italian tourists returning from Southeast Asia

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-140

  Angheben, Andrea ^a   Mistretta, Manuela ^a   Gobbo, Maria ^a   Bonafini, Stefania ^a   Iacovazzi, Tiziana ^b   Sepe, Alessio ^c   Gobbi, Federico ^a   Marocco, Stefania ^a   Rossanese, Andrea ^a   Bisoffi, Zeno ^a  

^a Centre for Tropical Diseases   (Italy)

^b Hospital Fallacara   (Italy)

^c G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; ITALY; IVERMECTIN; MALE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; THAILAND; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952267116     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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