Human Trichinosis after Consumption of Soft-Shelled Turtles, Taiwan

Abstract

In 2008, an outbreak of human trichinosis associated with ingestion of raw soft-shelled turtles was identified and investigated in Taiwan. The data suggested that patients were likely infected with Trichinella papuae.

Keywords

• Trichinella
• trichinosis
• zoonoses
• parasites
• soft-shelled turtles
• Taiwan