An outbreak of angiostrongyliasis in Guanging, People's Republic of China: Migrants vulnerable to an emerging disease

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1047-1053

  Deng, Zhuo Hui ^a   Lv, Shan ^b   Lin, Jin Yan ^a   Lin, Rong Xing ^a   Pei, Fu Quan ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Epidemiology; Migrant; Outbreak; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053066784     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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