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CASE REPORT

A case of Ascaris suum visceral larva migrans diagnosed by using A. suum larval excretory-secretory (ES) antigen

Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama From the Parasitic Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yoshifumi Tokunaga From the Parasitic Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Asahi Suzuki From the Parasitic Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Nobuaki Akao Section of Environmental Parasitology, Department of International Health Development, Division of Public Health, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
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Kenji Hiromatsu From the Parasitic Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Shigemi Hitomi Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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Yukifumi Nawa From the Parasitic Diseases Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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Pages 221-224 | Received 28 Jun 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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