Trichinella pseudospiralis outbreak in France

Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Sep-Oct;6(5):543-7. doi: 10.3201/eid0605.000517.

Abstract

Four persons became ill with trichinellosis after eating meat from a wild boar hunted in Camargue, France. Nonencapsulated larvae of Trichinella pseudospiralis were detected in meat and muscle biopsy specimens. The diagnoses were confirmed by molecular typing. Surveillance for the emerging T. pseudospiralis should be expanded.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
  • Female
  • Food Parasitology
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Swine / parasitology*
  • Trichinella / isolation & purification*
  • Trichinella / pathogenicity
  • Trichinellosis / epidemiology*
  • Trichinellosis / physiopathology