The Fifth Outbreak of Trichinosis in Korea.
10.3347/kjp.2011.49.4.405
- Author:
Ji Young RHEE
1
;
Sung Tae HONG
;
Hye Jung LEE
;
Min SEO
;
Suk Bae KIM
Author Information
1. Divison of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook Unverisity, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Trichinella;
trichinosis;
wild boar;
ELISA;
outbreak
- MeSH:
Adult;
Albendazole/therapeutic use;
Animals;
Anthelmintics/therapeutic use;
Antibodies, Helminth/blood;
Disease Outbreaks/*veterinary;
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay;
Female;
Foodborne Diseases/drug therapy/*epidemiology/parasitology;
Humans;
Male;
Meat/*parasitology;
Middle Aged;
Republic of Korea/epidemiology;
Sus scrofa/parasitology;
Swine;
Swine Diseases/parasitology/transmission;
Treatment Outcome;
Trichinella/immunology/*isolation & purification;
Trichinellosis/diagnosis/drug therapy/*epidemiology;
Zoonoses
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2011;49(4):405-408
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Trichinosis is a food-borne zoonotic disease caused by the nematode, Trichinella spp., and had been reported several times in Korea. Recently, there was an additional outbreak, involving 5 patients, the findings from which are reported herein. On 30 November 2010, 8 persons ate sashimi of the meat of a wild boar. Then, 2-3 weeks later, they complained of myalgia and fever. Unfortunately, muscle biopsy was not performed, but ELISA was performed using their sera. Two people among 8 were positive for Trichinella on the 34th day post-infection (PI), and 3 patients who initially revealed negative ELISA were additionally proved to be positive for trichinosis on the 42nd day PI. Hence, the confirmed patients of trichinosis were 5 in total in the present outbreak. They were treated with albendazole and discharged uneventfully. This was the fifth outbreak of trichinosis in Korea.
