An expected outbreak of human trichinellosis for the consumption of horsemeat

Parasite

Volumn 8, Issue , 2001, Pages S186-S187

  Tamburrini, A ^a   Sacchini, D ^a   Pozio, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b AUSL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Horse meat; Human infections; Italy; Outbreak; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MEAT; PARASITOLOGY; POLAND; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLAND; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0012318382     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: 17761042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/200108s2186     Document Type: Article

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