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1431. Occurrence of Sporadic Human Ascariasis in Non-Endemic Regions: The Importance of Zoonotic Transmission from Swine

BACKGROUND: Ascariasis in developed countries occurs only sporadically, and usually in travelers or in children in rural settings with exposure to Ascaris suum from swine. Reciprocal transmission between humans and swine is possible given A. suum and A. lumbricoides are considered conspecific based...

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Autores principales: Fritsche, Thomas R, Meece, Jennifer K, Meyer, Susan K, Ortega, Kelly L, Wolff, Nicolette S, Hall, Matthew C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7777324/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.1613