Trichinella britovi human infection in Spain : antibody response to surface, excretory/secretory and somatic antigens

A third outbreak of Trichinella britovi with 140 people involved, occurred in Granada Spain (December 1998). The source of infection was sausage made from uninspected wild boar meat. Fifty-two patients agreed to participated in this study. An elevated eosinophil level (> 5 %) was detected in 59.6...

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Main Authors: Rodríguez-Osorio M., Gómez-Garcia V., Benito R., Gil J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2003-06-01
Series:Parasite
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2003102159