Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease Article Low Prevalence of Cysticercosis and Trichinella Infection in Pigs in Rural Cambodia Rebecca Söderberg 1, Johanna Frida Lindahl 1,2,3,* , Ellinor Henriksson 1, Kang Kroesna 4 , Sokong Ly 3, Borin Sear 4, Fred Unger 4, Sothyra Tum 5, Hung Nguyen-Viet 2 and Gunilla Ström Hallenberg 1,6 1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden;
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[email protected] Abstract: Cysticercosis and Trichinella spp. infection are parasitic zoonoses prevalent among pigs in Southeast Asia, where pork is the most important source of meat. In rural Cambodia, many pigs are raised extensively in family backyards, and information regarding the prevalence in rural small- scale pig production is very limited. This study was conducted in four provinces in north-eastern Citation: Söderberg, R.; Lindahl, J.F.; Cambodia to determine the seroprevalence of porcine cysticercosis and Trichinella spp.