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Outbreak of trichinellosis related to eating imported wild boar meat, Belgium, 2014

Trichinellosis is a rare parasitic zoonosis caused by Trichinella following ingestion of raw or undercooked meat containing Trichinella larvae. In the past five years, there has been a sharp decrease in human trichinellosis incidence rates in the European Union due to better practices in rearing dom...

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Autores principales: Messiaen, Peter, Forier, Annemie, Vanderschueren, Steven, Theunissen, Caroline, Nijs, Jochen, Van Esbroeck, Marjan, Bottieau, Emmanuel, De Schrijver, Koen, Gyssens, Inge C, Cartuyvels, Reinoud, Dorny, Pierre, van der Hilst, Jeroen, Blockmans, Daniel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5032856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27684098
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.37.30341
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author Messiaen, Peter
Forier, Annemie
Vanderschueren, Steven
Theunissen, Caroline
Nijs, Jochen
Van Esbroeck, Marjan
Bottieau, Emmanuel
De Schrijver, Koen
Gyssens, Inge C
Cartuyvels, Reinoud
Dorny, Pierre
van der Hilst, Jeroen
Blockmans, Daniel
author_facet Messiaen, Peter
Forier, Annemie
Vanderschueren, Steven
Theunissen, Caroline
Nijs, Jochen
Van Esbroeck, Marjan
Bottieau, Emmanuel
De Schrijver, Koen
Gyssens, Inge C
Cartuyvels, Reinoud
Dorny, Pierre
van der Hilst, Jeroen
Blockmans, Daniel
author_sort Messiaen, Peter
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description Trichinellosis is a rare parasitic zoonosis caused by Trichinella following ingestion of raw or undercooked meat containing Trichinella larvae. In the past five years, there has been a sharp decrease in human trichinellosis incidence rates in the European Union due to better practices in rearing domestic animals and control measures in slaughterhouses. In November 2014, a large outbreak of trichinellosis occurred in Belgium, related to the consumption of imported wild boar meat. After a swift local public health response, 16 cases were identified and diagnosed with trichinellosis. Of the 16 cases, six were female. The diagnosis was confirmed by serology or the presence of larvae in the patients’ muscle biopsies by histology and/or PCR. The ensuing investigation traced the wild boar meat back to Spain. Several batches of imported wild boar meat were recalled but tested negative. The public health investigation allowed us to identify clustered undiagnosed cases. Early warning alerts and a coordinated response remain indispensable at a European level.
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spelling pubmed-50328562016-09-28 Outbreak of trichinellosis related to eating imported wild boar meat, Belgium, 2014 Messiaen, Peter Forier, Annemie Vanderschueren, Steven Theunissen, Caroline Nijs, Jochen Van Esbroeck, Marjan Bottieau, Emmanuel De Schrijver, Koen Gyssens, Inge C Cartuyvels, Reinoud Dorny, Pierre van der Hilst, Jeroen Blockmans, Daniel Euro Surveill Surveillance and Outbreak Report Trichinellosis is a rare parasitic zoonosis caused by Trichinella following ingestion of raw or undercooked meat containing Trichinella larvae. In the past five years, there has been a sharp decrease in human trichinellosis incidence rates in the European Union due to better practices in rearing domestic animals and control measures in slaughterhouses. In November 2014, a large outbreak of trichinellosis occurred in Belgium, related to the consumption of imported wild boar meat. After a swift local public health response, 16 cases were identified and diagnosed with trichinellosis. Of the 16 cases, six were female. The diagnosis was confirmed by serology or the presence of larvae in the patients’ muscle biopsies by histology and/or PCR. The ensuing investigation traced the wild boar meat back to Spain. Several batches of imported wild boar meat were recalled but tested negative. The public health investigation allowed us to identify clustered undiagnosed cases. Early warning alerts and a coordinated response remain indispensable at a European level. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2016-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5032856/ /pubmed/27684098 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.37.30341 Text en This article is copyright of The Authors, 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.
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Messiaen, Peter
Forier, Annemie
Vanderschueren, Steven
Theunissen, Caroline
Nijs, Jochen
Van Esbroeck, Marjan
Bottieau, Emmanuel
De Schrijver, Koen
Gyssens, Inge C
Cartuyvels, Reinoud
Dorny, Pierre
van der Hilst, Jeroen
Blockmans, Daniel
Outbreak of trichinellosis related to eating imported wild boar meat, Belgium, 2014
title Outbreak of trichinellosis related to eating imported wild boar meat, Belgium, 2014
title_full Outbreak of trichinellosis related to eating imported wild boar meat, Belgium, 2014
title_fullStr Outbreak of trichinellosis related to eating imported wild boar meat, Belgium, 2014
title_full_unstemmed Outbreak of trichinellosis related to eating imported wild boar meat, Belgium, 2014
title_short Outbreak of trichinellosis related to eating imported wild boar meat, Belgium, 2014
title_sort outbreak of trichinellosis related to eating imported wild boar meat, belgium, 2014
topic Surveillance and Outbreak Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5032856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27684098
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.37.30341
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