Helminth-related Eosinophilia in African Immigrants, Gran Canaria

Of 788 recent African adult immigrants to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 213 (27.0%) had eosinophilia. The most frequent causes were filariasis (29.4%), schistosomiasis (17.2%), and hookworm infection (16.8%). Stool microscopy and filarial and schistosomal serologic tests gave the highest diagnostic yi...

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Autores principales: Pardo, Javier, Carranza, Cristina, Muro, Antonio, Angel-Moreno, Alfonso, Martín, Antonio-Manuel, Martín, Teresa, Hernández-Cabrera, Michele, Pérez-Arellano, José-Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17176579
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060102

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17176579
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060102

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