Outbreak of trichinellosis caused by Trichinella papuae, Thailand, 2006

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Dec;14(12):1913-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1412.080800.

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Helminth / blood
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Species Specificity
  • Sus scrofa / parasitology*
  • Swine / parasitology
  • Swine Diseases / diagnosis
  • Swine Diseases / epidemiology
  • Swine Diseases / parasitology
  • Thailand / epidemiology
  • Trichinella / classification*
  • Trichinella / genetics
  • Trichinella / immunology
  • Trichinella / isolation & purification*
  • Trichinellosis / diagnosis
  • Trichinellosis / epidemiology*
  • Trichinellosis / parasitology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antibodies, Helminth