A cluster of three cases of trichinellosis linked to bear meat consumption in the Arctic.
We report here three cases of trichinellosis due to polar bear meat consumption in East Greenland. In the past 20 years, 31 cases of trichinellosis have been reported in French travellers to the Arctic (North Quebec, Nunavut and Greenland) who consumed undercooked meat from black, brown, or polar bears. If local communities are increasingly becoming aware of the risk of trichinellosis, travellers visiting regions where bear meat is consumed should be informed of the risk of eating raw or non-heat-processed meats.
Parasitology-Department, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris Descartes; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Jean
J
Dupouy-Camet
Parasitology-Department, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris Descartes; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Hélène
H
Yera
Parasitology-Department, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris Descartes; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Naïma
N
Dahane
Laboratoires CERBA, Cergy Pontoise, 95066, France.
Elise
E
Bouthry
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Christian M O
CMO
Kapel
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D016266:Food Parasitology; D006116:Greenland; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000469:parasitology*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D001503:Ursidae