Trichinellosis - France and Serbia Trichinella outbreak linked to backyard pigs
Meat from backyard pigs was the source of a trichinellosis outbreak in France and Serbia in 2017. Three patients were exposed in Serbia and took pork back to France where they...
View ArticleTrichinellosis: A rare parasitic infection
Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection occurring in people who eat meat-eating mammals. It is reported to cause about 10,000 infections in humans worldwide each year. It has...
View ArticleTrichinellosis - WHO and FAO look at Trichinella and Taenia saginata in meat
Experts have helped develop risk-based approaches to control two parasites in meat, requiring the re-evaluation of traditional practices and the assessment of regulatory and...
View ArticleTrichinellosis - Argentina notes downward trend in Trichinella outbreaks
Argentinian authorities have published a report they hope will increase understanding of the Trichinella situation in the country. The National Service for Agrifood Health and...
View ArticleTrichinellosis - Two sick in France because of Trichinella in wild boar meat
Two people have been diagnosed with trichinellosis after eating undercooked wild boar meat in France. The animal was killed during a hunt on Dec. 8, 2020, in the...
View ArticleTrichinellosis - Argentina hit by Trichinella outbreaks linked to pork
A number of Argentinian provinces have recently reported human outbreaks of trichinellosis. Trichinellosis, or trichinosis, is an illness people can get by eating raw or...
View ArticleTrichinellosis - 250 sick in Argentinian Trichinella outbreak
A province in Argentina has reported almost 250 cases of trichinosis linked to eating pork products. Health officials in Córdoba revealed that 244 cases of trichinosis had been...
View ArticleTrichinellosis - EU sees large drop in food illnesses in 2020 partly because...
A decline in foodborne infections ranged from 7 percent to 53 percent in 2020 in Europe largely because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The European Food...
View ArticleTrichinellosis - Trichinella reports in Europe climb again after record low...
The Trichinella notification rate in Europe almost doubled in 2019 compared to 2018, according to recently published data. In 2019, 12 countries reported 141 cases of...
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