A large-scale outbreak of trichinellosis caused by Trichinella britovi in Turkey

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-70

  Akkoc, N ^a   Kuruuzum, Z ^a   Akar, S ^a   Yuce, A ^a   Onen, F ^a   Yapar, N ^a   Ozgenc, O ^b   Turk, M ^c   Ozdemir, D ^a   Avci, M ^b   Guruz, Y ^d   Oral, A M ^e   Pozio, E ^f   Birlik, Merih ^g   Sari, Ismail ^g   Gurler, Oguz ^g   Can, Gercek ^g   Cakir, Nedim ^g   Seger, Suheyla Serin ^g   Cavus, Sema Alp ^g   Sezak, Nur Banu ^g   Ozkan, Hasan ^g   Kaptan, Figen ^g   Albayrak, Bulent ^g   Kidak, Levent ^g   Ulker, Temel ^g   more..

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Ataturk Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^e Provincial Health Directory   (Turkey)

^f ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^g Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari Ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dali ^*

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Outbreak; Treatment; Trichinella britovi; Trichinellosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEBENDAZOLE; MUSCLE ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIC; EYELID EDEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; TRICHINOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; TURKEY;

TRICHINELLA BRITOVI;

EID: 59449089211     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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