Human angiostrongylus cantonensis: An update

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-395

  Wang, Q P ^a   Wu, Z D ^b   Wei, J ^b   Owen, R L ^c   Lun, Z R ^a,b  

^a School of Life Sciences   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; CORTICOSTEROID; MEBENDAZOLE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL MENINGITIS; EYE INFECTION; EYE SURGERY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84862901853     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1328-5     Document Type: Review

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