Gnathostomiasis acquired by British tourists in Botswana.
Joanna S Herman;
Emma C Wall;
Christoffer van-Tulleken;
Peter Godfrey-Faussett 
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Robin L Bailey ;
Peter L Chiodini;
(2009)
Gnathostomiasis acquired by British tourists in Botswana.
Emerging infectious diseases, 15 (4).
pp. 594-597.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1504.081646
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Robin L Bailey ;
Peter L Chiodini;
(2009)
Gnathostomiasis acquired by British tourists in Botswana.
Emerging infectious diseases, 15 (4).
pp. 594-597.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid1504.081646
Infection with Gnathostoma spinigerum has been generally confined to Southeast Asia and Central and South America. However, gnathostomiasis was recently found in British tourists who had visited Botswana. Consequently, travel to Africa should now be considered a risk factor for gnathostomiasis.
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