title: An unusual case of hypereosinophilia and abdominal pain: an outbreak of Trichostrongylus imported from New Zealand.
abstract: We report an outbreak of severe symptomatic Trichostrongylus spp. in travelers visiting a sheep farm in New Zealand. The unusual source of the outbreak was traced as the use of sheep manure as an organic fertilizer on a salad garden.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Tropical Medicine and Clinical Parasitology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mortimer Market Centre, Capper Street, London, UK. emma.wall@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Emma C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Wall
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doherty
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000469:parasitology; D015766:Albendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D014253:Trichostrongylosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D014254:Trichostrongylus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole