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Outbreak of Trichinella T9 Infections Associated with Consumption of Bear Meat, Japan.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2018
Tada Katsushige, Suzuki Hiromichi, Sato Yosuke, Morishima Yasuyuki, Nagano Isao, Ishioka Haruhiko, Gomi Harumi
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of trichinellosis occurred in Japan in December 2016. All case-patients had eaten undercooked bear meat, from which Trichinella larvae were subsequently isolated. DNA sequencing analysis of the mitochondrial genes cytochrome c-oxidase subunit 1 and internal transcribed spacer 2 confirmed that Trichinella T9 had caused the outbreak.
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