Open AccessTwo outbreaks of trichinellosis in the state of Northrhine-Westfalia, Germany, 1998
Author(s) -
Sybille Rehmet,
G Sinn,
O Robstad,
Heber A. David,
D. Lesser,
Karsten Noeckler,
G Scherholz,
D Erkrath,
D Pechmann,
Lyle R. Petersen,
R. Kundt,
G Oltmans,
Rosa Lange,
Jolein Laumen,
U Nogay,
M Dixius,
J Eichenberg,
F Dinse,
D Stegemann,
W. Lotz,
Detlef Franke,
P Hag,
Andrea Ammon
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/esm.04.07.00080-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , public health , medicine , environmental health , virology , nursing
Illness or death from trichinellosis is statutorily notifiable in Germany. Between nought and ten cases were reported each year from 1987 to 1997. From November 1998 to January 1999, however, 52 cases of trichinellosis were identified by the public health