Trichinella pseudospiralis Outbreak in France

Four persons became ill with trichinellosis after eating meat from a wild boar hunted in Camargue, France. Nonencapsulated larvae of Trichinella pseudospiralis were detected in meat and muscle biopsy specimens. The diagnoses were confirmed by molecular typing. Surveillance for the emerging T. pseudo...

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Main Authors: Stéphane Ranque, Bernard Faugère, Edoardo Pozio, Giuseppe La Rosa, Alessandra Tamburrini, Jean-François Pellissier, Philippe Brouqui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/6/5/00-0517_article