Human gnathostomiasis in Sri Lanka: an underreported disease?
| Title: | Human gnathostomiasis in Sri Lanka: an underreported disease? |
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| Authors: | Musumeci, Stefano; Besson, Juliette; Allgöwer, Andrea; Chappuis, François |
| Source: | Journal of Travel Medicine ; volume 29, issue 1 ; ISSN 1195-1982 1708-8305 |
| Publisher Information: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Description: | A healthy young man from Sri Lanka, currently living in Switzerland, consulted at the University Hospital of Geneva with a history of painful erythema and swelling of the left forearm. Laboratory tests showed a slight eosinophilia. Western blot serology for Gnathostoma spp, inconclusive at presentation, became positive 2 weeks later. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jtm/taab145 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jtm/taab145/40439062/taab145.pdf |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab145; http://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/jtm/taab145/40439062/taab145.pdf; https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article-pdf/29/1/taab145/42208639/taab145.pdf |
| Rights: | https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.1D5C221A |
| Database: | BASE |