Gnathostomiasis: an emerging imported disease.
David AJ Moore
;
Janice McCroddan;
Paron Dekumyoy;
Peter L Chiodini;
(2003)
Gnathostomiasis: an emerging imported disease.
Emerging infectious diseases, 9 (6).
pp. 647-650.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid0906.020625
As the scope of international travel expands, an increasing number of travelers are coming into contact with helminthic parasites rarely seen outside the tropics. As a result, the occurrence of Gnathostoma spinigerum infection leading to the clinical syndrome gnathostomiasis is increasing. In areas where Gnathostoma is not endemic, few clinicians are familiar with this disease. To highlight this underdiagnosed parasitic infection, we describe a case series of patients with gnathostomiasis who were treated during a 12-month period at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London.
Item Type | Article |
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Keywords | Adult, Animals, Communicable Diseases, Emerging/*diagnosis/epidemiology/parasitology, Eosinophilia/diagnosis, Female, Gnathostoma/growth & development/*isolation & purification, Human, Life Cycle Stages, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Biological, Retrospective Studies, Spirurida Infections/*diagnosis/epidemiology, *Travel, Adult, Animals, Communicable Diseases, Emerging, diagnosis, epidemiology, parasitology, Eosinophilia, diagnosis, Female, Gnathostoma, growth & development, isolation & purification, Human, Life Cycle Stages, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Biological, Retrospective Studies, Spirurida Infections, diagnosis, epidemiology, Travel |
ISI | 183291900006 |
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- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000140 (OA Location)
- 10.3201/eid0906.020625 (DOI)
- 12781003 (PubMed)
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