Volume 14, Number 12—December 2008
Dispatch
Outbreak of Trichinellosis Caused by Trichinella papuae, Thailand, 2006
Chowalit Khumjui, Pravit Choomkasien, Paron Dekumyoy, Teera Kusolsuk, Wandee Kongkaew, Mutita Chalamaat, and Jeffrey L. Jones
Table 1
Univariate analysis of 3 suspected food items in an outbreak of trichinellosis, Uthai Thani Province, Thailand, May 24–June 26, 2006*
| Meat ingested | Case-patients (n = 24) |
Controls (n = 46) |
OR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exposed | Not exposed | Exposed | Not exposed | |||
| Wild boar | 18 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 9.6 (3.0–30.1) | |
| Domestic pig | 5 | 19 | 5 | 41 | 1.8 (0.6–5.9) | |
| Barking deer† | 19 | 5 | 31 | 15 | 2.2 (0.6–8.4) | |
*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
†Consumed on May 22, 2006.
