First record of human trichinosis in Chile associated with consumption of wild boar (Sus scrofa).
The first South American case of human trichinosis, resulting from the consumption of roast wild boar (Sus scrofa) is reported in Chile. The patient presented fever, diarrhea, myalgias, facial edema, sub-conjunctival reddening, photophobia, eosinophilia, and elevated glutamic oxalacetic transaminase. The diagnosis was confirmed by two immunoenzymatic tests (ELISA) using somatic and excretion-secretion antigens.
García
Enrique
E
Instituto de Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile.
Mora
Lidia
L
Torres
Patricio
P
Jercic
Maria Isabel
MI
Mercado
Rubén
R
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002677:Chile; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology*; D034421:Sus scrofa; D017160:Trichinella spiralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission