Trichinellosis

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Key articles

Gottstein B, Pozio E, Nockler K. Epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and control of trichinellosis. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2009;22:127-45.Full text  Abstract

Dupouy-Camet J, Murrell KD, eds. FAO/WHO/OIE guidelines for the surveillance, management, prevention and control of trichinellosis. 2007 [internet publication].Full text

Wilson NO, Hall RL, Montgomery SP, et al. Trichinellosis surveillance: United States, 2008-2012. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2015;64(1 suppl):1-8.Full text  Abstract

American Academy of Pediatrics. Trichinellosis. In: Kimberlin DW, Brady MT, Jackson MA, eds. Red Book: 2018 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 31st ed. Itasca, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2018: 819-20.

Miller JM, Binnicker MJ, Campbell S, et al. A guide to utilization of the microbiology laboratory for diagnosis of infectious diseases: 2018 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Aug 31;67(6):e1-94.Full text  Abstract

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Parasites - Trichinellosis (also known as Trichinosis). May 2020 [internet publication].Full text

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