Trichinellosis caused by consumption of wild boar meat - Illinois, 2013.
On March 6, 2013, the Cook County Department of Public Health (Chicago, Illinois) contacted the Illinois Department of Public Health regarding a diagnosis of trichinellosis in a patient who had consumed wild boar and deer meat obtained by hunting at a Missouri ranch January 16-18. Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection caused by consumption of undercooked infected meat, most commonly from carnivorous or omnivorous animals.
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003296:Cooking; D005260:Female; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000469:parasitology*; D014234:Trichinella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult