Paragonimus & paragonimiasis in India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-204

  Shantikumar Singh, T ^a   Sugiyama, Hiromu ^b   Rangsiruji, Achariya ^c  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

India; Lung fluke; Paragonimiasis; Paragonimus heterotremus; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BITHIONOL; PRAZIQUANTEL; TICLABENDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PARAGONIMIASIS; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ALCOMON SUPERCILIOSUM; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAGONIMIASIS; CEREBRAL PARAGONIMIASIS; CRAB; CUATNEOUS PARAGONIMIASIS; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRAPULMONARY PARAGONIMIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAYDELLIATHELPHUSA LUGUBRIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PARAGONIMUS COMPACTUS; PARAGONIMUS HETEROTREMUS; PARAGONIMUS MIYAZAKII MANIPURINUS; PARAGONIMUS SKRJABINI; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; PHYLOGENY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEUROPULMONARY PARAGONIMIASIS; POTAMISCUS MANIPURENSIS; PRURITUS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URTICARIA; VOMITING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LUNG; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPUTUM;

EID: 84866750486     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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