Trichinellosis in the Slovak Republic.
The occurrence of trichinellosis in farm or wildlife animals in some areas pose the permanent risk of infection in humans. In Slovakia, where only the sylvatic trichinellosis exists, the humans trichinellosis is sporadic. The most common cause of infection is wild boar meat. Unusual local eating customs may also favour an outbreak of disease in humans. The outbreak of trichinellosis in Slovakia in 1998, when 336 people were affected, was of the same kind. Trichinella britovi was the agent of the infection.
Dubinský
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Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic. dubinsky@saske.sk
Stefancíková
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Kinceková
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Ondriska
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Reiterová
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Medvedová
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013552:Swine; D014234:Trichinella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth