Human Trichinosis after Consumption of Soft-Shelled Turtles, Taiwan

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Yi‐Chun Lo

Chien‐Ching Hung · The University of Tokyo

Ching-Shih Lai · Gifu University

Zhiliang Wu · The University of Tokyo

Isao Nagano · Ministry of Health and Welfare

Takuya Maeda · Ministry of Health and Welfare

Yūzō Takahashi · Ministry of Health and Welfare

Abstract

In 2008, an outbreak of human trichinosis associated with ingestion of raw soft-shelled turtles was identified and investigated in Taiwan. The data suggested that patients were likely infected with Trichinella papuae.

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Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Mollusks and Parasites Studies

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Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 15, Issue 12, pp. 2056-2058

DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090619

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Human Trichinosis after Consumption of Soft-Shelled Turtles, Taiwan

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