title: How safe is the meat inspection based on artificial digestion of pooled samples for Trichinella in pork? A scenario from wildlife to a human patient in a non-endemic region of Europe.
abstract: The occurrence of trichinellosis in a resident of the Netherlands prompted us to examine the likelihood of this originating from infected rats in spite of prevailing biosecurity and testing procedures. In so doing, we sought to calculate the possible risks for trichinellosis in countries deemed non-endemic. The infection risk was determined by simulating a scenario from a reservoir of minimally contaminated wildlife to pigs to humans. Results indicate that humans might become infected even in the event that artificial digestion had been performed on individually tested pig carcasses. Our conclusions justify reconsidering Trichinella control strategies based on the current testing protocol, and emphasize the importance of proper cooking as further insurance against human infection.
authors: National Institute for Public Health and The Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands. joke.van.der.giessen@rivm.nl
authors: Joke
authors: J
authors: van der Giessen
authors: Frits
authors: F
authors: Franssen
authors: Manoj
authors: M
authors: Fonville
authors: Titia
authors: T
authors: Kortbeek
authors: Pieter
authors: P
authors: Beckers
authors: Paulien
authors: P
authors: Tolsma
authors: Olaf
authors: O
authors: Stenvers
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Teunis
authors: Katsuhisa
authors: K
authors: Takumi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004063:Digestion; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005513:Food Inspection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009426:Netherlands; D011786:Quality Control; D051381:Rats; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk; D013552:Swine; D014234:Trichinella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission