Outbreak of Trichinellosis Caused by Trichinella papuae, Thailand, 2006

Khumjui, Chowalit; Choomkasien, Pravit; Dekumyoy, Paron; Kusolsuk, Teera; Kongkaew, Wandee; Chalamaat, Mutita; Jones, Jeffrey L.

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Outbreak of Trichinellosis Caused by Trichinella papuae, Thailand, 2006

Published Date:

Dec 2008

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 14(12):1913-1915.

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Khumjui, Chowalit ; Choomkasien, Pravit ; Dekumyoy, Paron ; Kusolsuk, Teera ; Kongkaew, Wandee ; ... More ▼

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In 2006, the Thailand Ministry of Public Health studied 28 patients from a village in northern Thailand. All had myalgia, edema, fever, and gastrointestinal symptoms; most had eaten wild boar. A muscle biopsy specimen from a patient showed nonencapsulated larvae with a cytochrome oxidase I gene sequence of Trichinella papuae.

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