Ongoing outbreak of an acute muscular Sarcocystis-like illness among travellers returning from Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011–2012

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• Alternative Title:
  Euro Surveill
• Personal Author:
  Esposito, D H ; Freedman, D O ; Neumayr, A ; Parola, P
• Description:
  As of 4 November, 2012, 100 patients with an acute muscular Sarcocystis-like illness associated with travel to Tioman Island, Malaysia, have been identified. Thirty-five travelled there mostly during July and August 2011 and 65 mostly during July and August 2012, suggesting an ongoing outbreak. Epidemiological investigations are ongoing. Public health agencies and practicing clinicians should be aware of this rarely-reported disease in humans and consider it as differential diagnosis in travellers returning from Tioman Island.
• Subjects:
  Blotting, Western Creatine Kinase Disease Outbreaks Eosinophils Fever Humans Malaysia Muscle, Skeletal Musculoskeletal Pain Sarcocystis Sarcocystosis Sentinel Surveillance Serologic Tests Travel

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• Source:
  Euro Surveill. 17(45)
• Pubmed ID:
  23153473
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4620707
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U50 CK000189/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/ ; 5U50CK000189/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  45
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:55ee8667af28188e67b934e7545c911e4f90faf4cc65fb32bb0494155a689906
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35361/cdc_35361_DS1.pdf
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