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Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana
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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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331741 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/1504.081646 |
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| author | Herman, Joanna S. Wall, Emma C. van Tulleken, Christoffer Godfrey-Faussett, Peter Bailey, Robin L. Chiodini, Peter L. |
| author_facet | Herman, Joanna S. Wall, Emma C. van Tulleken, Christoffer Godfrey-Faussett, Peter Bailey, Robin L. Chiodini, Peter L. |
| author_sort | Herman, Joanna S. |
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| description | 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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| spelling | pubmed-26714352009-05-21 Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana Herman, Joanna S. Wall, Emma C. van Tulleken, Christoffer Godfrey-Faussett, Peter Bailey, Robin L. Chiodini, Peter L. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2671435/ /pubmed/19331741 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/1504.081646 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Dispatch Herman, Joanna S. Wall, Emma C. van Tulleken, Christoffer Godfrey-Faussett, Peter Bailey, Robin L. Chiodini, Peter L. Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana |
| title | Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana |
| title_full | Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana |
| title_fullStr | Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana |
| title_short | Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana |
| title_sort | gnathostomiasis acquired by british tourists in botswana |
| topic | Dispatch |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19331741 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/1504.081646 |
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