Frequency and severity of musculoskeletal symptoms in humans during an outbreak of trichinellosis caused by Trichinella britovi

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-344

  Akar, S ^a   Gurler, O ^a   Pozio, E ^a,b   Onen, F ^a   Sari, I ^a   Gercekert, E ^a   Gunes, A J ^a   Akinci, B ^a   Birlik, M ^a   Akkoc, N ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; JOINT; MUSCLE; PARASITIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYMPTOM; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; TRICHINOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ARTHRALGIA; BIOPSY; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MEBENDAZOLE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SWINE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; TURKEY;

EURASIA; IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

TRICHINELLA BRITOVI;

EID: 34248993273     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1000R.1     Document Type: Article

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