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Parasite
Volume 18, Number 1, February 2011
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Page(s) | 85 - 87 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2011181085 | |
Published online | 15 February 2011 |
Research note
Investigation on a focus of human trichinellosis revealed by an atypical clinical case after wild-boar (Sus scrofa) pork consumption in northern Italy
Étude épidémiologique suite à la survenue d’un cas clinique atypique de trichinellose humaine due à la consommation de viande de sanglier (Sus scrofa) en Italie
1
SIAN ASL CN1, Mondovì, Italy
2
SVET ASL CN1, Mondovì, Italy
3
Family physician, Roccaforte, Mondovì, Italy
4
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Piemonte, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta, Turin, Italy
5
National Reference Laboratory for Trichinella, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
* Correspondence: Edoardo Pozio, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Tel.: 39 06 4990 2304 – Fax: 39 06 4990 3561 E-mail: edoardo.pozio@iss.it
Received:
14
June
2010
Accepted:
13
October
2010
Trichinellosis is one of the most serious foodborne parasitic zoonoses in Europe. Wild carnivorous and omnivorous hosts are the main reservoirs of Trichinella spp. nematodes in nature. In the winter of 2008-2009, an atypical clinical case of trichinellosis occurred for the consumption of pork from a wild boar (Sus scrofa) hunted in southwestern Alps in Italy. The symptomatic individual showed delayed development of oedemas in the lower limbs and eosinophilia, which appeared three months after infection. Muscle samples harboured 3.8 larvae/g, which were identified as Trichinella britovi. During the epidemiological investigation, anti-Trichinella IgG were detected in five hunters.
Résumé
La trichinellose est l’une des plus importante zoonose parasitaire transmise par les aliments en Europe. Les animaux sauvages et les hôtes omnivores sont les importants réservoirs des nématodes du genre Trichinella spp. Durant l’hiver 2008-2009, un cas de trichinellose a été causé par la consommation de viande d’un sanglier (Sus scrofa) chassé dans le sud-ouest des Alpes en Italie. La syptomatologie de la personne infectée a été tardive, avec un oedème des membres inferieures et une hyperéosinophilie qui sont apparus trois mois après la consommation. Les échantillons des muscles examinés hébergeaient 3,8 larves/g, identifiées comme Trichinella britovi. Au cours de l’étude épidémiologique, des IgG anti- Trichinella ont été détectées chez cinq chasseurs asymptomatiques.
Key words: trichinellosis / wild boar / epidemiology / Trichinella britovi / humans / Italy
Mots clés : trichinellose / sanglier / épidémiologie / Trichinella britovi / homme / Italie
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