Outbreak of trichinellosis in Cáceres, Spain, December 2001-February 2002.
An outbreak of trichinellosis by T. britovi occured in Cáceres, Spain, between 18 December 2001 and 11 February 2002, following the consumption of insufficiently cooked meat from a domestic pig. Among the 56 people exposed, 26 cases of trichinellosis were diagnosed, of which 17 serologically confirmed. The mean incubation period was 23.5 days (3-45). Among the foodstuffs suspected, salami-type sausages were associated with an attack rate of 93.3% (14/15), and a dose-response relationship was observed. Trichinella britovi is essentially a sylvatic species, but this study suggests a change in the epidemiology of trichinellosis.
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Programa de Epidemiología Aplicada de Campo (PEAC), Centro Nacional de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
García-Cabañas
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Guerra-Peguero
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Ramos-Aceitero
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Herrera-Guibert
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Martínez-Navarro
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008461:Meat Products / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012698:Serologic Tests; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013552:Swine; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*