Publication: The Sarcocystis-cyst containing beef and pork as the sources of natural intestinal sarcocystosis in Thai people
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2007-10-01
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01252208
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Mahidol University
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.90, No.10 (2007), 2128-2135
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Sukhum Bunyaratvej, Piyapong Unpunyo, Atcharaporn Pongtippan The Sarcocystis-cyst containing beef and pork as the sources of natural intestinal sarcocystosis in Thai people. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.90, No.10 (2007), 2128-2135. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/24742
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The Sarcocystis-cyst containing beef and pork as the sources of natural intestinal sarcocystosis in Thai people
Abstract
Background: Human intestinal sarcocystosis is a zoonotic disease caused by two coccidians, i.e. Sarcocystis fusiformis (syn. S. bovihominis, S. hominis) due to consumption of raw infected beef, and Sarcocystis meischeriana (syn. S. suihominis) due to consumption of infected raw pork. In 1987, survey of the macroscopic S.fusiformis cysts in market beef mainly from old water buffalos aged more than 15 years were commonly observed in Bangkok. In 2005, the macroscopic cyst was no longer seen in beef of cattle and water buffalo aged less than three years. Objective: The epidemiological investigation of Sarcocystis spp. infected meat in Bangkok and Lampang. Material and method: Samples for each of the tongue and beef of cattle and water buffalo, pork from Bangkok markets and pork of domestic swine from some remote villages in various subprovinces (Ampurs) in Lampang were obtained for microscopic examination by H and E and selectively by PAS staining. Results: The microscopic S. fusiformis cysts were seen in all five specimens of tongues and ten specimens of muscles of cattle and water buffalo obtained from fresh-food markets in Bangkok. Ten samples of pork from Bangkok markets revealed no coccidian infection. The microscopic S. meischeriana cysts were seen in three specimens of swine muscles collected from two subprovinces in Lampang. Conclusion: The present merozoites in coccidian cysts retrieved from beef and pork are similar to those previously observed in human intestine. This may histologically indicate an invasive sarcocystosis by both species leading to a condition presently known as chronic inflammation of undetermined etiology in man.