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. 2009 Dec;15(12):2056-8.
doi: 10.3201/eid1512.090619.

Human trichinosis after consumption of soft-shelled turtles, Taiwan

Yi Chun Lo  1 , Chien Ching Hung, Ching Shih Lai, Zhiliang Wu, Isao Nagano, Takuya Maeda, Yuzo Takahashi, Chan Hsien Chiu, Donald Dah Shyong Jiang
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Human trichinosis after consumption of soft-shelled turtles, Taiwan

Yi Chun Lo et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Dec.

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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