Human Trichinosis after Consumption of Soft-Shelled Turtles, Taiwan

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.

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