Trichinella infection in a hunting community in East Greenland

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1252-1256

  Mller, L N ^a   Koch, A ^b   Petersen, E ^c   Hjuler, T ^b   Kapel, C M O ^a   Andersen, A ^b   Melbye, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; parasites; trichinosis; zoonoses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GREENLAND; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARASITE EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS; AGE; ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONTROL; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD ANIMAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GREENLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRICHINELLOSIS;

EID: 77956635185     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000282     Document Type: Article

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