title: Molecular identification of Trichinella papuae from a Thai patient with imported trichinellosis.
abstract: Previously, we reported the presence of imported trichinellosis in a Thai worker returning from Malaysia, who presented with progressive generalized muscle hypertrophy and weakness after eating wild boar meat. This work analyzed a partial small subunit of a mitochondrial ribosomal RNA gene of Trichinella larvae isolated from the patient. The results showed complete identity with a mitochondrial RNA gene of Trichinella papuae (GenBank accession no. EF517130). This is the first report of imported trichinellosis in Thailand caused by T. papuae. It is possible that T. papuae is widely distributed in the wildlife of Southeast Asia.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Parasitology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. pewpan@kku.ac.th
authors.forename: Pewpan M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Intapan
authors.forename: Verajit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chotmongkol
authors.forename: Chairat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tantrawatpan
authors.forename: Oranuch
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sanpool
authors.forename: Nimit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Morakote
authors.forename: Wanchai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Maleewong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007814:Larva / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D008296:Malaysia; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D018510:RNA, Helminth / Q000235:genetics; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000469:parasitology; D013785:Thailand; D014234:Trichinella / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000635:transmission*
chemical_list: D018510:RNA, Helminth; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012313:RNA