Eosinophilia in the Returning Traveler

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 781-789

  Ustianowski, Andrew ^a   Zumla, Alimuddin ^b  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Helminth; Screening; Traveler

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS COSTARICENSIS; ANISAKIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; CUTANEOUS LARVA MIGRANS; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LOA LOA; NECATOR; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARAGONIMUS; PARASITOSIS; PSEUDOTERRANOVA; RASH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TOXOCARA; TRAVEL; TRICHINELLA; TROPICS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ALGORITHMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EOSINOPHILIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAVEL;

EID: 84865992376     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2012.05.004     Document Type: Review

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