Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Toxocariasis Diagnosed in International Travelers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, from 2000 to 2013

Although infection with Toxocara canis or T. catis (commonly referred as toxocariasis) appears to be highly prevalent in (sub)tropical countries, information on its frequency and presentation in returning travelers and migrants is scarce. In this study, we reviewed all cases of asymptomatic and symptomatic toxocariasis diagnosed during post-travel consultations at the reference travel clinic of...

The Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine

cine. Report for the year lUll. This report deals with helm initio log}', protozoology and arthropodology and contains a few pages on keratosis and climatic bubo. In lielmiiithology much work has been done on Onchocerca yibsoni, the filaria which lies coiled up in subcutaneous nodules in Australian cattle, and over which there has been an outcry in London. The worm has beeu re-examined in respe...

HIV diagnosis delay in Antwerp, Belgium.

SIR Early diagnosis of HIV infection has many advantages; it allows timely prophylaxis against opportunistic infections such as Pneumocystis carinii and Mycobacterium tuberculosis and early recognition and treatment of HIV related complications. Moreover, counselling of people with HIV infection may reduce the further spread of the epidemic. Early diagnosis of HIV infection also has certain dis...

Predictable threats to public health through delaying universal access to innovative medicines for hepatitis C: a pharmaceutical standpoint

1 Clinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium 2 Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 3 Department Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden 4 Division of Pharmacoepidemiology & Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands 5 University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium 6 Sihanouk Hospital ...

Housing and segregation of migrants: Case study: Antwerp, Belgium