Trichinellosis, dog meat, human

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TRICHINELLOSIS, DOG MEAT, HUMAN - RUSSIA: (ZABAYKALSKY)

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Thu 16 July 2009

Source: Broadcasting company: " Chita " [trans. Corr.BA, edited]

<http://chita.rfn.ru/rnews.html?id=39777 & cid=7>

 

 

In Chita [now called, since 2008, Zabaykalsky Krai - CopyEd.MSP], 5

people have contracted trichinosis due to consumption of stray dog

meat. In 2009, 9 cases have been reported in the Chita region, and dog

meat was the cause of infection for all of them.

 

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[in June 2008, 14 inhabitants of Tungokochen village and 12

inhabitants of Chita were hospitalized in the infectious diseases

hospital with trichinellosis after consumption of bear meat. - Corr.BA]

 

[Chita is located in Siberia east of Irkusk, and can be located on a map at

<http://maps.google.dk/maps?hl=da & q=Chita+%2Brussia & um=1 & ie=UTF-8 & split=0 & gl=dk & \

ei=YIZfStWxCp7ajQfRwqn2CA & sa=X & oi=geocode_result & ct=title & resnum=1>.

 

ProMED reported on an outbreak in 2005 in Buryatiya (Russia), also

caused by the consumption of dog meat (Trichinellosis, dog meat, human

- Russia (Buryatiya) 20050407.1010). Trichinellosis is reported

frequently from Russia, but bear and infected pork are the main

sources of human infections. - Mod.EP]

 

[Trichinellosis, also called trichinosis, is caused by eating raw or

undercooked meat of animals infected with the larvae of a species of

worm called _Trichinella_. See CDC Fact sheet at:

<http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trichinosis/factsht_trichinosis.htm>

Life cycle:

<http://foodsafetyindia.nic.in/images/Trichinella_LifeCycle.gif>

Picture of the worm:

<http://lh4.ggpht.com/_D6qrwjAiFJo/R9qFtihf36I/AAAAAAAAFao/zNQ7CEBvXEw/1204.JPG>

and its larvae:

<http://lh4.ggpht.com/_D6qrwjAiFJo/R9qF0ihf4GI/AAAAAAAAFcM/mmm--r_lPno/1216.JPG>

- Mod.JW]

 

[see also:

Trichinellosis - Russia: (KX) 20090405.1312

Zoonotic disease trends 2007-2008 - Russia 20090103.0022

2008

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Trichinellosis - Russia (06): (Kemerovo Region) 20081123.3697

Trichinellosis - Russia (05): (Chukchi Autonomous Region) 20080919.2954

Trichinellosis - Russia (04): Magadan 20080907.2791

Trichinellosis - Russia (03): (Tomsk), bear meat 20080706.2050

Trichinellosis - Russia (Krasnodar) 20080223.0738

2007

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Trichinellosis - Russia (Krasnoyarsk) 20070422.1313

2006

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Trichinellosis, human - Russia (02): background 20060207.0400

Trichinellosis, human - Russia: background 20060205.0368

Trichinellosis, bear, human - Russia (Kemerovo) 20060204.0356

2005

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Trichinellosis, human - Russia (Altai) 20051207.3531

Trichinellosis, bear, human - Russia (Buryatiya) 20050705.1904

Trichinellosis, dog meat, human - Russia (Buryatiya) 20050407.1010

Trichinellosis, badger, human - Russia (Novosibirsk) 20050204.0388

2004

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Trichinellosis - Ukraine (Zhitomirskaya) 20041228.3426

Trichinellosis - Russia (Novosibirsk) 20041207.3252

Trichinellosis - Russia (Kabardino-Balkaria) 20041201.3210

Trichinellosis - Russia (Tulskaya) 20040327.0845

2003

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Trichinellosis - Poland (02) 20030303.0533

Trichinellosis - Poland 20030302.0526

2002

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Trichinellosis - Russia (Siberia) (04) 20021203.5954

2001

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Trichinellosis - Russia (Krasnodar) (02) 20010118.0144

2000

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Foodborne disease, bear meat - Russia: RFI 20000615.0961]

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