Review: Strongyloidiasis: An emerging infectious disease in China

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 420-425

  Wang, Chunmei ^a   Xu, Jiabao ^a   Zhou, Xiaohong ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^b   James, Anthony A ^c   Chen, Xiaoguang ^a,d  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CHINESE DRUG; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GUAN ZHONG; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALBUMINURIA; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANEMIA; ANUS PRURITUS; ARTHRALGIA; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHINA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; DUODENUM ULCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ILEUS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LABOR INDUCTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROSCOPY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OCCUPATION; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLERODERMA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STEROID THERAPY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; STUDENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEACHER; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HUMANS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877100060     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0596     Document Type: Review

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