Gnathostomosis, an emerging foodborne zoonotic disease in Acapulco, Mexico.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 5(2): 264-6, 1999.
Article
em En
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| ID: mdl-10221879
Between 1993 and 1997, 98 gnathostomosis cases were clinically identified in Acapulco, Mexico. Intermittent cutaneous migratory swellings were the commonest manifestation. Larvae were identified in 26 cases, while in 72, final diagnosis was made on the basis of epidemiologic data, food habits, and positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot results.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Zoonoses
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Parasitologia de Alimentos
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Infecções por Spirurida
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Gnathostoma
Limite:
Adult
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Animals
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Emerg Infect Dis
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos