Outbreak of trichinellosis associated with eating cougar jerky--Idaho, 1995.
On March 3, 1995, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare received a report from the North Central District Health Department (NCDHD) of trichinellosis in a man residing in Idaho County, Idaho (1994 population: 14,938). This report summarizes the epidemiologic and laboratory investigations of this index case and the related outbreak by NCDHD, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and CDC.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000469:parasitology*; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007061:Idaho / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008461:Meat Products / Q000469:parasitology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014234:Trichinella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*