Gnathostomosis, an Emerging Foodborne Zoonotic Disease in Acapulco, Mexico
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 p...
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| author | Norma Rojas-Molina Sigifredo Pedraza-Sanchez Balfre Torres-Bibiano Hector Meza-Martinez Alejandro Escobar-Gutierrez |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-967154c7dd4143df80adacfae22049292022-12-21T23:02:02ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60591999-04-015226426610.3201/eid0502.990211Gnathostomosis, an Emerging Foodborne Zoonotic Disease in Acapulco, MexicoNorma Rojas-MolinaSigifredo Pedraza-SanchezBalfre Torres-BibianoHector Meza-MartinezAlejandro Escobar-GutierrezBetween 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.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/2/99-0211_articleMexico |
| spellingShingle | Norma Rojas-Molina Sigifredo Pedraza-Sanchez Balfre Torres-Bibiano Hector Meza-Martinez Alejandro Escobar-Gutierrez Gnathostomosis, an Emerging Foodborne Zoonotic Disease in Acapulco, Mexico Emerging Infectious Diseases Mexico |
| title | Gnathostomosis, an Emerging Foodborne Zoonotic Disease in Acapulco, Mexico |
| title_full | Gnathostomosis, an Emerging Foodborne Zoonotic Disease in Acapulco, Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Gnathostomosis, an Emerging Foodborne Zoonotic Disease in Acapulco, Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gnathostomosis, an Emerging Foodborne Zoonotic Disease in Acapulco, Mexico |
| title_short | Gnathostomosis, an Emerging Foodborne Zoonotic Disease in Acapulco, Mexico |
| title_sort | gnathostomosis an emerging foodborne zoonotic disease in acapulco mexico |
| topic | Mexico |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/5/2/99-0211_article |
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