Outbreak of trichinellosis caused by Trichinella papuae, Thailand, 2006.
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ABSTRACT: 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.
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2634638 | BioStudies |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies
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