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A Follow-up Study on Trichinellosis in Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand
Ponganant Nontasut1, Sukvannee Chullawichit2, Adulsak Vichit3,
Nimit Morakote4
1Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University,
Bangkok 10400, Thailand;
2Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol
University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; 3Division of Communicable Diseases Control,
Ministry of Public Health, Region 10, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; 4Department of
Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
Abstract
A follow-up investigation was carried out in three persons infected with trichinellosis 6 months
earlier at Thum Lod, Pang Ma Pha, Mae Hong Son province. Their ELISA values on IgG
antibody were much higher than the cut-off value. Serological survey of 73 pigs in the village
using indirect ELISA was negative.
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