title: Ongoing outbreak of an acute muscular Sarcocystis-like illness among travellers returning from Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011-2012.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. desposito@geosentinel.org
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neumayr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parola
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000378:metabolism; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D012698:Serologic Tests; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase