Outbreak of trichinellosis caused by Trichinella papuae, Thailand, 2006.
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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Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand.
Choomkasien
Pravit
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Dekumyoy
Paron
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Kusolsuk
Teera
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Kongkaew
Wandee
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Chalamaat
Mutita
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Jones
Jeffrey L
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013045:Species Specificity; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000469:parasitology*; D013552:Swine / Q000469:parasitology; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014234:Trichinella / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D055815:Young Adult
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth