Investigation on a focus of human trichinellosis revealed by an atypical clinical case after wild-boar (Sus scrofa) pork consumption in northern Italy
Trichinellosis is one of the most serious foodborne parasitic zoonoses in Europe. Wild carnivorous and omnivorous hosts are the main reservoirs of Trichinella spp. nematodes in nature. In the winter of 2008-2009, an atypical clinical case of trichinellosis occurred for the consumption of pork from a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2011-02-01
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| Series: | Parasite |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2011181085 |