Patterns and risks of trichinella infection in humans and pigs in northern Laos.

• Main Authors: James V Conlan (Author), Khamphouth Vongxay (Author), Boualam Khamlome (Author), Maria Angeles Gomez-Morales (Author), Edoardo Pozio (Author), Stuart D Blacksell (Author), Stanley Fenwick (Author), R C A Thompson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Several outbreaks of trichinellosis associated with the consumption of raw pork have occurred in Laos since 2004. This cross-sectional study was conducted in four provinces of northern Laos to investigate the seroepidemiology of trichinellosis in the human population and determine the prevalence and...