Chest CT Features of North American Paragonimiasis
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North American paragonimiasis: case report of a severe clinical infection.
Paragonimiasis is an important cause of pulmonary disease worldwide. It results from an infection with Paragonimus, a parasite that reproduces through a complex life cycle involving snails, crustaceans, and mammals. Humans acquire the disease by ingesting uncooked freshwater crab or crayfish. Paragonimus species are distributed globally, and the disease is well known in endemic regions of Asia ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.11.7530