Seroprevalence of Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in humans in China

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-145

  Chen, Mu Xin ^a,b   Zhang, Ren Li ^a,b   Ai, Lin ^a   Chen, Jia Xu ^a   Chen, Shao Hong ^a   Huang, Da Na ^a,b   Gao, Shi Tong ^a,b   Geng, Yi Jie ^a,b   Li, Xiao Heng ^a,b   Zhu, Xing Quan ^a,c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN; AQUACULTURE; ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NEMATODE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SNAIL;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAIL; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; STRONGYLE INFECTION;

CHINA;

ACHATINA FULICA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; GASTROPODA; POMACEA;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 79953835283     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2614.1     Document Type: Article

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