1. Acute Muscular Sarcocystosis: An International Investigation Among Ill Travelers Returning From Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011-2012
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Esposito, Douglas H., Stich, August, Epelboin, Loïc, Malvy, Denis, Han, Pauline V., Bottieau, Emmanuel, da Silva, Alexandre, Zanger, Philipp, Slesak, Günther, van Genderen, Perry J. J., Rosenthal, Benjamin M., Cramer, Jakob P., Visser, Leo G., Muñoz, José, Drew, Clifton P., Goldsmith, Cynthia S., Steiner, Florian, Wagner, Noémie, Grobusch, Martin P., Plier, D. Adam, Tappe, Dennis, Sotir, Mark J., Brown, Clive, Brunette, Gary W., Fayer, Ronald, von Sonnenburg, Frank, Neumayr, Andreas, Kozarsky, Phyllis E., Van Den Enden, Erwin, Van Esbroeck, Marjan, Ghesquiere, Wayne, Nguyen, Duc, Receveur, Marie-Catherine, Peyron, François, Parola, Philippe, Savini, Hélène, Caumes, Eric, Perignon, Alice, Develoux, Michel, Rapp, Christophe, Keller, Christian A., Haditsch, Martin, Güthoff, Wolfgang, Liebold, Ines, Schäfer, Johannes, Gobbi, Federico, Kortmann, Willemijn, van Twillert, Gitte, Goorhuis, Abraham, Harris, Vanessa, van Vugt, Michèle, Stijnis, Kees, Aronica, Eleonora, van Lieshout, Lisette, Roestenberg, Meta, van Wout, Jan, Barkham, Timothy, Lim, Poh Lian, Chian, Lee Kong, Hatz, Christoph, Brugger, Silvio D., Furrer, Hansjakob, Chappuis, François, Michel, Yann, Choochumporn, Sanya, Narkwiboonwong, Than, Dryden, Matthew S., Benedict, Theresa, Handali, Sukwan, Wilkins, Patricia P., Shieh, Wun-Ju, Zaki, Sherif, Kogelman, Laura, and Hatch, Steven
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musculoskeletal diseases ,parasitic diseases ,virus diseases ,human activities ,geographic locations - Abstract
A large outbreak of acute muscular sarcocystosis (AMS) among international tourists who visited Tioman Island, Malaysia, is described. Clinicians evaluating travelers returning ill from Malaysia with myalgia, with or without fever, should consider AMS in their differential diagnosis
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- 2017