Trichinella infection in a hunting population of Papua New Guinea suggests an ancient relationship between Trichinella and human beings

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 618-624

  Owen, Ifor L ^a   Gomez Morales, Maria Angeles ^b   Pezzotti, Patrizio ^c   Pozio, Edoardo ^b  

^a National Veterinary Laboratory Boroko   (Papua New Guinea)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Agenzia San Pubblica Regione Lazio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Horticulturalists; Hunters; Papua New Guinea; Serology; Trichinella papuae

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LARVA; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; REINFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; WILD SPECIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA; TRICHINELLA;

EID: 20444495704     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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