Clinical and laboratory aspects of a trichinellosis outbreak in Izmir, Turkey

Parasite

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-70

  Turk, Meral ^a,d   Kaptan, F ^a   Turker, N ^a   Korkmaz, M ^b   El, S ^a   Ozkaya, D ^a   Ural, S ^a   Vardar, I ^a   Alkan, M Z ^b   Coskun, N A ^a   Turker, M ^a   Pozio, E ^c  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d DENIZLI STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beef; Laboratory and epidemiological features; Outbreak; Pork; Raw meatballs; Symptomatology; Trichinella britovi; Trichinellosis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

TRICHINELLA BRITOVI;

EID: 33644913955     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2006131065     Document Type: Article

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