An Outbreak of Human Fascioliasis gigantica in Southwest China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Jia Xu ^a,b   Chen, Mu Xin ^a,b   Ai, Lin ^a,b   Xu, Xue Nian ^a,b   Jiao, Jian Ming ^c   Zhu, Ting Jun ^a,b   Su, Hui Yong ^d   Zang, Wei ^a,b   Luo, Jia Jun ^e   Guo, Yun Hai ^a,b   Lv, Shan ^a,b   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^a,b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c DALI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d People's Hospital of Dali Prefecture   (China)

^e Dali Institute of Schistosomiasis Control   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBENDAZOLE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIC; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EPIGASTRIC TENDERNESS; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE;

EID: 84881348271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071520     Document Type: Article

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