title: [Sarcosporidiosis (sarcocystis suihominis) in man (author's transl)].
abstract: Eleven medical students and six members of the Institute of Medical Parasitology, University of Bonn participated in a meal with raw pork of an experimentally Sarcocystis suihominis infected pig. During the first two days the test persons suffered from the same symptoms as a previous group (see Piekarski et al., 1978). The severity of the symptoms was related ito certain degree to the quantity of the pork comsumed, but the individual reaction varied considerably; one test person with a higher amount of meat remained healthy. Apparently, only excessively high quantities of infected meat lead to severe symptoms. Lower dosages cause a protracted course of the disease. In general, the Sarcosporidia infection produces a transitory disease which quickly disapprears without remaining after-effects.
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000473:pathology*; D013552:Swine; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase
vernacular_title: Zur Sarkosporidiose (Sarcocystis suihominis) des Menschen (II).