Neurocysticercosis among international travelers to disease-endemic areas

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-117

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BRAIN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; TRAVEL;

EID: 84858442515     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00592.x     Document Type: Review

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