Human outbreak of trichinellosis in the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 177-180

  Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Mesina, Pietro ^b   Sechi, Franco ^c   Pira, Michele ^c   Liciardi, Manuele ^d   Cossu, Pasquale ^d   Marucci, Gianluca ^a   Garippa, Giovanni ^e   Firinu, Antonio ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b San Francesco Hospital   (Italy)

^c Veterinary Service   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Humans; Mediterranean sea; Outbreak; Pig; Sardinia; Trichinella britovi; Trichinella free; Trichinellosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIC; EYELID EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEAT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PAPULAR RASH; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRURITUS; RAW FOOD; SEROCONVERSION; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; TRICHINOSIS; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; ITALY; MEAT PRODUCTS; SWINE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI;

EID: 33746507389     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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