Imported diphyllobothriasis in Switzerland: Molecular methods to define a clinical case of Diphyllobothrium infection as Diphyllobothrium dendriticum, August 2010

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  de Marval, F ^a   Gottstein, B ^b   Weber, M ^c   Wicht, B ^d  

^a Dianalabs Medical Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Istituto cantonale di microbiologia ^*

^d Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM DENDRITICUM; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIUM LATUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84873810039     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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