Paragonimiasis Due to the Consumption of Wild Boar Meat in Japan: Contamination Levels of Lung Fluke Larvae in Muscle Samples of Wild Boars Caught in Kagoshima Prefecture

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2015;68(6):536-7. doi: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2015.280. Epub 2015 Sep 11.

Authors

Hiromu Sugiyama¹, Katsumasa Shibata, Yasushi Kawakami, Kyoko Arakawa, Yasuyuki Morishima, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Mutsuyo Gokuden, Tadafumi Iwakiri, Junko Fukumori

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Helminthology, Department of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.

PMID: 26370424
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2015.280

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brachyura / parasitology
Female
Foodborne Diseases / epidemiology*
Foodborne Diseases / parasitology
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Muscles / parasitology
Paragonimiasis / epidemiology*
Paragonimus / isolation & purification*
Sus scrofa / parasitology*
Zoonoses / epidemiology*
Zoonoses / parasitology