Outbreak of trichinellosis caused by Trichinella papuae, Thailand, 2006

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1913-1915

  Khumjui, Chowalit ^a   Choomkasien, Pravit ^a   Dekumyoy, Paron ^b   Kusolsuk, Teera ^b   Kongkaew, Wandee ^a   Chalamaat, Mutita ^a   Jones, Jeffrey L ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE 1; MEBENDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EDEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIC; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION RISK; LARVA; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROLOGY; THAILAND; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA PAPUAE; TRICHINOSIS; WEAKNESS; WILD BOAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; THAILAND; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049152383     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1412.080800     Document Type: Article

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