Outbreak of trichinellosis associated with consumption of game meat in West Greenland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 131-136

  Møller, Lone Nukâraq ^a,b   Petersen, Eskild ^b   Kapel, Christian M O ^a   Melbye, Mads ^b   Koch, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Greenland; Human trichinellosis; Outbreak; Polar bear (Ursus maritimus); Trichinella nativa; Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GREENLAND; MALE; MAMMAL; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GREENLAND; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HEXOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; WALRUSES;

MAMMALIA; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA NATIVA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 23844515410     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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