Neurologic parasitic infections in immigrants and travelers

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-244

  Thakur, Kiran ^a,b   Zunt, Joseph ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral malaria; neurocysticercosis; Neuroinfectious diseases; neuroschistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEFEROXAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; HALOFANTRINE; MEFLOQUINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIFE CYCLE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; TRAVEL;

EID: 80053503171     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1287651     Document Type: Article

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