Outbreak of Trichinella spiralis Infections Associated With a Wild Boar Hunted at a Game Farm in Iowa | Zendy

Stacy Holzbauer | Zendy; William A. Agger | Zendy; Roberta L. Hall | Zendy; Genevieve Marie Johnson | Zendy; David Schmitt | Zendy; Ann Garvey | Zendy; Henry S. Bishop | Zendy; Hermelinda Rivera G. | Zendy; Marcos E. de Almeida | Zendy; Dolores E. Hill | Zendy; Bert E. Stromberg | Zendy; Ruth Lynfield | Zendy; Kirk Smith | Zendy

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Outbreak of Trichinella spiralis Infections Associated With a Wild Boar Hunted at a Game Farm in Iowa

Author(s) -

Stacy Holzbauer,

William A. Agger,

Roberta L. Hall,

Genevieve Marie Johnson,

David Schmitt,

Ann Garvey,

Henry S. Bishop,

Hermelinda Rivera G.,

Marcos E. de Almeida,

Dolores E. Hill,

Bert E. Stromberg,

Ruth Lynfield,

Kirk Smith

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu713

Subject(s) - wild boar , outbreak , medicine , trichinella spiralis , trichinella , trichinosis , environmental health , veterinary medicine , population , helminths , immunology , virology

Rates of trichinellosis have declined significantly in the United States due to improved pork production practices and public awareness of the danger of eating raw or undercooked pork. In April 2011, the Minnesota Department of Health received a report of presumptive trichinellosis in a 50-year-old man with a history of wild boar consumption. A public health investigation was initiated.

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