Increased prevalence of Trichinella spp., northeastern Germany, 2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 936-942

  Pannwitz, Gunter ^a   Mayer Scholl, Anne ^b   Balicka Ramisz, Aleksandra ^c   Nöckler, Karsten ^b  

^a Veterinär und Lebensmittelüberwachungsamt Ostvorpommern ^*  (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PIG FARMING; POLAND; RACCOON DOG; TRICHINELLA; WILD BOAR;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FOXES; GERMANY; MICE; PREVALENCE; RACCOON DOGS; SUS SCROFA; SWINE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS;

EID: 77952727107     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1606.091629     Document Type: Article

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