Trichinellosis acquired in Nunavut, Canada in September 2009: meat from grizzly bear suspected.
Five cases of trichinellosis with onset of symptoms in September 2009, were reported in France, and were probably linked to the consumption of meat from a grizzly bear in Cambridge Bay in Nunavut, Canada. Travellers should be aware of the risks of eating raw or rare meat products in arctic regions, particularly game meat such as bear or walrus meat.
Houzé
S
S
Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Service des Maladies Infectieuses, AP-HP Hopital Bichat, Paris.
Ancelle
T
T
Matra
R
R
Boceno
C
C
Carlier
Y
Y
Gajadhar
A A
AA
Dupouy-Camet
J
J
D000818:Animals; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D014234:Trichinella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001503:Ursidae