Epidemic status of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Hainan island, China

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-277

  Hu, Ximin ^a   Du, Jianwei ^a   Tong, Chongjin ^a   Wang, Shanqing ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Li, Yuchun ^a   He, Changhua ^a  

^a Hainan Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Epidemic focus; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEROLOGY; SNAIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLLUSCA; RATS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957554133     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60085-0     Document Type: Article

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