First Reported Outbreak of Abdominal Angiostrongyliasis

Human abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a potentially fatal disease caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a nematode found in the Americas. During the period of December 1994 through August 1995, an outbreak of this disease occurred in Guatemala. We identified 22 cases of abdominal angiostrongylias...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 1998-02, Vol.26 (2), p.365-372
Hauptverfasser:	Kramer, Michael H., Greer, George J., Quiñonez, Jorge F., Padilla, Norma R., Hernández, Beatriz, Arana, Byron A., Lorenzana, Rodolfo, Morera, Pedro, Hightower, Allen W., Eberhard, Mark L., Herwaldt, Barbara L.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen Adolescent Adult Aged Angiostrongylus Animals Biological and medical sciences Case control studies Child Clinical Articles Cohort Studies Disease Outbreaks Diseases Diseases caused by nematodes Environment Epidemiology Female Food Microbiology Guatemala - epidemiology Helminthic diseases Humans Incidence Infections Infectious diseases Larvae Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Miscellaneous Parasitic diseases Raw foods Specimens Strongylida Infections - epidemiology Strongylida Infections - pathology Strongylida Infections - physiopathology Tropical medicine
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