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aparasitic infestation indistinguishable from Trichinosis - a new disease


Leslie Levy
Roy Morris
Graham McLeish

Abstract

As far as we have been able to ascertain, infestation by trichinosis has not previously been reported within the Union of South Africa. We present here what we believe to be the first instance of a trichinosis-like disease, or a disease which is clinically indistinguishable from trichinosis, contracted in South Africa. We make this statement because the final laboratory diagnosis of trichinosis is lacking, and there is no other way of proving the presence of the disease.


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eISSN: 2078-5135
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