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Nasopharyngeal linguatulosis or halzoun syndrome: clinical diagnosis and treatment

SUMMARY Halzoun syndrome, also known as nasopharyngeal linguatulosis, is a rare entity that is mostly prevalent in Eastern Mediterranean countries. The consumption of raw ovine liver and lymph nodes infested with Linguatula serrata nymphs remains a major cause of the nasopharyngeal symptoms and discomfor...

Doenças parasitárias associadas ao consumo de pescado no brasil: incidência e epidemiologia
Parasitic diseases associated with fish consumption in Brazil: incidence and epidemiology

Hig. aliment; 31 (270/271), 2017
A ocorrência de doenças parasitárias associadas ao consumo de pescado no Brasil geralmente passa desapercebida devido à baixa gravidade de seus sintomas e ao seu pouco conhecimento pelos médicos, inspetores sanitários e consumidores. Mais além, seu estudo é dificultado pela não obrigatoriedade d...

Description of an oral Chagas disease outbreak in Venezuela, including a vertically transmitted case

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (8), 2017
We describe the eleventh major outbreak of foodborne Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in urban Venezuela, including evidence for vertical transmission from the index case to her fetus. After confirming fetal death at 24 weeks of gestation, pregnancy interruption was performed. On direct examination of the ...