High prevalence of human liver infection by Amphimerus spp. flukes, Ecuador

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2331-2334

  Calvopiña, Manuel ^a   Cevallos, William ^a   Kumazawa, Hideo ^b   Eisenberg, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

AMPHIMERUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COOKED FOOD; ECUADOR; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; TREMATODE; UNDERCOOKED FOOD;

EID: 84930477918     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1712.110373     Document Type: Article

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