Outbreak of Trichinellosis Associated with Eating Cougar Jerky - Idaho, 1995

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 205-206

  Vollbrecht, A ^a   Sokolowski, D ^a   Hollipeter, W ^b   Sigler, R ^b   Greenblatt, J ^c   Anderson Jr , D E ^d   Tennican, P J ^e   Gamble, H R ^b   Zarlenga, D ^b  

^a North Central District Health Department   (United States)

^b Idaho Dept of Health and Welfare ^*

^c Idaho Dept of Health and Welfare   (United States)

^d SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Infectious Diseases Northwest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CASE REPORT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDAHO; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0030584425     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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