title: Trichinellosis in immigrants in Switzerland.
abstract: We describe a case of trichinellosis diagnosed at the Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital of Lugano, in January 2009. This case was associated with a cluster of cases and was traced to the consumption of contaminated meat after a wild boar hunt in Bosnia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lozano Becera
authors.forename: Vanina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gurtner De la Fuente
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pozio
authors.forename: Enos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bernasconi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina / Q000208:ethnology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology*; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000469:parasitology; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000453:epidemiology*