title: Trichinellosis outbreak due to wild boar meat consumption in southern Italy.
abstract: We report a Trichinella britovi outbreak investigated during February-March 2016 in southern Italy. The source of infection was meat from infected wild boars that were illegally hunted and, hence, not submitted to post-mortem veterinary inspection. Thirty persons reported having eaten raw dried homemade sausages; five cases of trichinellosis were confirmed. Wild game meat consumers need to be educated about the risk for trichinellosis.
authors.affiliation: European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.|Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: Iulia Adelina
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Turiac
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Giovanna
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Cappelli
authors.affiliation: Foggia Local Health Unit, Manfredonia, Italy.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olivieri
authors.affiliation: Foggia Local Health Unit, Manfredonia, Italy.
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Angelillis
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. rosa.prato@unifg.it.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prato
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fortunato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D066256:Raw Foods / Q000469:parasitology; D000069466:Red Meat / Q000469:parasitology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000469:parasitology*; D014234:Trichinella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses
keywords: Italy; Trichinella britovi; Trichinellosis; Wild boar meat; Zoonosis