Sarcocystis nesbitti causes acute, relapsing febrile myositis with a high attack rate: description of a large outbreak of muscular sarcocystosis in Pangkor Island, Malaysia, 2012.

• Main Authors: Claire M Italiano (Author), Kum Thong Wong (Author), Sazaly AbuBakar (Author), Yee Ling Lau (Author), Norlisah Ramli (Author), Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar (Author), Maria Kahar Bador (Author), Chong Tin Tan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: From the 17th to 19th January 2012, a group of 92 college students and teachers attended a retreat in a hotel located on Pangkor Island, off the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Following the onset of symptoms in many participants who presented to our institute, an investigation was un...