Human trichinosis after consumption of soft-shelled turtles, Taiwan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2056-2058

  Lo, Yi Chun ^a   Hung, Chien Ching ^b   Lai, Ching Shih ^c   Wu, Zhiliang ^d   Nagano, Isao ^d   Maeda, Takuya ^e   Takahashi, Yuzo ^d   Chiu, Chan Hsien ^a   Jiang, Donald Dah Shyong ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Health ^*  (Taiwan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TAIWAN; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA PAPUAE; TRICHINOSIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MICE; TAIWAN; TRICHINELLOSIS; TURTLES;

EID: 73949145310     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090619     Document Type: Article

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