Trichinosis from wild boar meat in Gojjam, north-west Ethiopia.
An outbreak of trichinosis associated with ingestion of meat from a wild boar in Gojjam administrative region, Ethiopia, is reported. Of the 30 soldiers, 20 who ate the meat raw, became ill and 5 of them were admitted to the Armed Forces General Hospital (AFGH). Even though they presented with a typical history and clinical features the disease was not even suspected at the peripheral hospital. The diagnosis was confirmed, at the AFGH, by deltoid muscle biopsy in all the 5 cases. Trichinosis being increasingly recognized as a public health problem in Ethiopia, warrants public education and more awareness by health workers.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Armed Forces General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013552:Swine; D017160:Trichinella spiralis; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
D008463:Mebendazole; D011239:Prednisolone