Assessing the risk of human trichinellosis from pigs kept under controlled and non-controlled housing in Europe

To support risk-based approach to prevent human trichinellosis, we estimated the human incidence for pigs originating from controlled and non-controlled housing, using a quantitative microbial risk assessment model for Trichinella (QMRA-T). Moreover, the effect of test sensitivity on human trichinel...

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Main Authors: Frits Franssen, Katsuhisa Takumi, Joke van der Giessen, Arno Swart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Food and Waterborne Parasitology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405676618300039