Percutaneous Emergence of Gnathostoma spinigerum Following Praziquantel Treatment
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Aspect | Size |
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Total length | 0.66 cm |
Cephalic bulb maximal width | 575 µm |
Cephalic bulb length | 300 µm |
Width immediately behind cephalic bulb | 675 µm |
Width at midbody | 950 µm |
Width before posterior | 700 µm |
Caudal alae | 260 µm widest 210 µm narrowest |
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Sapp, S.G.H.; Kaminski, M.; Abdallah, M.; Bishop, H.S.; Fox, M.; Ndubuisi, M.; Bradbury, R.S. Percutaneous Emergence of Gnathostoma spinigerum Following Praziquantel Treatment. Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2019, 4, 145. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4040145
Sapp SGH, Kaminski M, Abdallah M, Bishop HS, Fox M, Ndubuisi M, Bradbury RS. Percutaneous Emergence of Gnathostoma spinigerum Following Praziquantel Treatment. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2019; 4(4):145. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4040145
Chicago/Turabian StyleSapp, Sarah G. H., Monica Kaminski, Marie Abdallah, Henry S. Bishop, Mark Fox, MacKevin Ndubuisi, and Richard S. Bradbury. 2019. "Percutaneous Emergence of Gnathostoma spinigerum Following Praziquantel Treatment" Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease 4, no. 4: 145. https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed4040145