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**Menierofe** · 09-05-2012, 05:41 PM

It has been recorded that the high percentage of French women infected with toxoplasmosis is due largely to their liking of undercooked (pink) meat, particularly pork.

A large multicentre European study found that pork had a lower risk than other meats as a source of toxo infection.

http://www.bmj.com/content/321/7254/142

Meat - Odds ratio

Dry to cured meat - 0.82
Salami - 1.31
Frozen meat - 0.77
Raw/undercooked pork - 1.40
Raw/undercooked beef - 1.73
Raw/undercooked lamb - 3.73
Other meat (game) - 4.12

09-05-2012, 05:41 PM	#18
Menierofe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 415 Senior Member	It has been recorded that the high percentage of French women infected with toxoplasmosis is due largely to their liking of undercooked (pink) meat, particularly pork. A large multicentre European study found that pork had a lower risk than other meats as a source of toxo infection. http://www.bmj.com/content/321/7254/142 Meat - Odds ratio Dry to cured meat - 0.82 Salami - 1.31 Frozen meat - 0.77 Raw/undercooked pork - 1.40 Raw/undercooked beef - 1.73 Raw/undercooked lamb - 3.73 Other meat (game) - 4.12
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