A major trichinellosis outbreak suggesting a high endemicity of trichinella infection in northern Laos

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-44

  Barennes, Hubert ^a,b   Sayasone, Somphou ^c   Odermatt, Peter ^c   De Bruyne, Aymeric ^d   Hongsakhone, Sitthivone ^b   Newton, Paul N ^e   Vongphrachanh, Phengta ^b   Martinez Aussel, Bertrand ^b   Strobel, Michel ^b   Dupouy Camet, Jean ^d  

^a IFMT ^*  (France)

^b Institut Francophone Pour la Medecine Tropicale IFMT   (Laos)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Laboratory Unit ^*  (France)

^e MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

SUIDAE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNERAL RITES; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; SWINE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 39549101764     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.40     Document Type: Article

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