J Korean Med Sci.  2011 Dec;26(12):1630-1633. 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.12.1630.

An Outbreak of Trichinellosis with Detection of Trichinella Larvae in Leftover Wild Boar Meat

• Kim G
• Choi MH
• Kim JH
• Kang YM
• Jeon HJ
• Jung Y
• Lee MJ
• Oh MD

• KMID: 1786021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2011.26.12.1630

Abstract

The clinical diagnosis of trichinellosis can be difficult due to lack of pathognomonic signs or symptoms. In Korea, since the first report of human infection by Trichinella spiralis in 1997 following the consumption of raw badger meat, there have been occasional trichinellosis outbreaks. We describe an outbreak of 12 cases of trichinellosis in Korea and implicate raw wild boar meat as the culprit. A total of 27 larvae of Trichinella (0.54 larvae per gram of meat) were recovered from the leftover raw wild boar meat.

Keyword

Trichinellosis; Wild Boar; Disease Outbreaks

MeSH Terms

Aged
Albendazole/therapeutic use
Animals
Anthelmintics/therapeutic use
*Disease Outbreaks
Female
Humans
Larva
Male
Meat/*parasitology
Middle Aged
Republic of Korea/epidemiology
Sus scrofa
Trichinella spiralis/*isolation & purification
Trichinellosis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*epidemiology/parasitology

Figure

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  Fig. 1 A Trichninella spiralis larva recovered from the muscle of leftover raw boar meat after artificial digestion. Scale bar = 100 µm.

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