First report of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 664-665

  Cognato, Bianca Barbieri ^a   Morassutti, Alessandra Loureiro ^a   da Silva, Ana Cristina Aramburu ^a   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG INFECTION; MENINGITIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRAVEL;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; RATS;

EID: 84888179029     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0073-2013     Document Type: Letter

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