Paragonimus kellicotti Fluke infections in Missouri, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1263-1267

  Lane, Michael A ^a   Marcos, Luis A ^a   Onen, Nur F ^a   Demertzis, Lee M ^a   Hayes, Ericka V ^a   Davila, Samuel Z ^a   Nurutdinova, Diana R ^a,b   Bailey, Thomas C ^a   Weil, Gary J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS KELLICOTTI; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CRAYFISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG INFECTION; PARAGONIMUS; PARASITOLOGY; SHELLFISH;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASTACOIDEA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MISSOURI; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PRAZIQUANTEL; SHELLFISH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864469260     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1808.120335     Document Type: Article

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