Muscle larvae of Trichinella isolates from two outbreaks in Korea were analyzed by a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and multiple-PCR. All of the muscle larvae showed a band similar to that of T. spiralis larvae of the reference strain. The two Korean Trichinella isolates (isolate code ISS623 and ISS1078) might be classifiable to Trichinella spiralis.
Animals ; DNA Fingerprinting ; DNA, Helminth/chemistry/genetics ; *Disease Outbreaks ; Human ; Korea/epidemiology ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred ICR ; Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length ; Trichinella spiralis/*genetics ; Trichinosis/epidemiology/*parasitology