title: Gnathostomosis, an emerging foodborne zoonotic disease in Acapulco, Mexico.
abstract: Between 1993 and 1997, 98 gnathostomosis cases were clinically identified in Acapulco, Mexico. Intermittent cutaneous migratory swellings were the commonest manifestation. Larvae were identified in 26 cases, while in 72, final diagnosis was made on the basis of epidemiologic data, food habits, and positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot results.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Regional Vicente Guereo, Institute Mexicano del Seguro Social,Acapulco, Guerrero, México.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rojas-Molina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pedraza-Sanchez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Torres-Bibiano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meza-Martinez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escobar-Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000209:etiology*