| outbreak of trichinosis in ontario secondary to the ingestion of wild boar meat. | we report an outbreak of trichinosis from the consumption of locally processed, cold smoked wild boar meat of a domestically reared animal from a farm in dufferin county, ontario. between january and march 1993, 24 cases of trichinosis were identified and of these, 21 patients were symptomatic. the most common symptoms were myalgia (75%), weakness (75%), fever (71%) and periorbital edema (67%). eosinophilia and elevated creatine phosphokinase levels were noted in 86% and 89% of patients respecti ... | 1997 | 9094806 |
| status of trichinella spiralis in domestic swine and wild boar in canada. | evidence of the status of trichinellosis in canada's national swine herd is provided from data acquired through national surveillance programs and from a prevalence study of trichinella in wild boar and domestic swine. more than 500,000 swine tested at abattoirs in ongoing animal health surveys since 1980 and 2 national swine serological surveys (1985 and 1990) showed no evidence of trichinella infection, except for 3 occurrences in a small infected zone in nova scotia. the prevalence study of d ... | 1997 | 9342448 |
| a common-source outbreak of trichinosis from consumption of bear meat. | this paper discusses an outbreak of trichinosis that occurred in 1998 in montgomery county, ohio, and the investigation that followed. the outbreak was associated with consumption of bear meat from a hunt in ontario, canada. the person who had the index case had eaten two bear burgers that were cooked rare in a microwave oven. bear meat from the same hunt later was consumed by 15 other people at a church supper and an additional 13 people who did not attend the supper. of the 15 attendees at the ... | 2003 | 12762120 |