Trichinellosis acquired in Senegal from warthog ham, March 2009

Euro Surveill. 2009 May 28;14(21):19220. doi: 10.2807/ese.14.21.19220-en.

Abstract

Three confirmed and three suspected cases of trichinellosis have been reported in France with onset of symptoms in March 2009, linked to consumption of smoked warthog ham in Senegal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Food Contamination*
  • France / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Population Surveillance
  • Senegal
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Swine / microbiology*
  • Trichinella spiralis / isolation & purification
  • Trichinellosis / diagnosis
  • Trichinellosis / epidemiology*
  • Trichinellosis / etiology*
  • Trichinellosis / physiopathology