Toxoplasmosis Outbreak Associated With Toxoplasma gondii-Contaminated Venison-High Attack Rate, Unusual Clinical Presentation, and Atypical Genotype.

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Toxoplasmosis Outbreak Associated With Toxoplasma gondii-Contaminated Venison-High Attack Rate, Unusual Clinical Presentation, and Atypical Genotype.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 4 May 2021

Schumacher Amy C, Elbadawi Lina I, DeSalvo Traci, Straily Anne, Ajzenberg Daniel, Letzer David, Moldenhauer Ellen, Handly Tammy L, Hill Dolores, Dardé Marie-Laure, Pomares Christelle, Passebosc-Faure Karine, Bisgard Kristine, Gomez Carlos A, Press Cindy, Smiley Stephanie, Montoya José G, Kazmierczak James J

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BACKGROUND: During 2017, in response to a physician's report, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health, began investigating an outbreak of febrile illness among attendees of a retreat where never frozen, intentionally undercooked, locally harvested venison was served. Preliminary testing tentatively identified the illness as toxoplasmosis. METHODS: Confirmatory human serology panels...

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DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa285
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