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Notes From the Field: Acute Muscular Sarcocystosis Among Returning Travelers-- Tioman Island, Malaysia, 2011.
- Source :
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association; 3/28/2012, Vol. 307 Issue 12, p1247-1247, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The article deals with cases of suspected acute muscular sarcocystosis among travelers returning home from Tioman Island in Malaysia in 2011 identified by the GeoSentinel surveillance program of the International Society of Travel Medicine and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fever and muscle pain were experienced by all patients who were from Europe, North America and Asia. The potential for human to become hosts for Sarcocystis species (spp) is explained.
- Subjects :
- SARCOCYSTOSIS
TRAVELERS
TRAVEL hygiene
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00987484
- Volume :
- 307
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 74055577