The Pediatric infectious disease journal, vol.24, no.10, pp.897-900, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
Objectives: Trichinellosis is a cosmopolitan parasite infection caused by Trichinella nematodes that is acquired from consumption of raw meat from several animal species. Knowledge of the clinical pattern and laboratory features of the disease in childhood is limited. The purpose is to study the clinical pattern of trichinellosis caused by Trichinella britovi in children and to compare it in household adults.