[About two cases of trichinellosis caused by Trichinella britovi]

Ann Biol Clin (Paris). 2007 May-Jun;65(3):308-12.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Trichinellosis is a cosmopolitan zoonosis due to a nematode threadworm, Trichinella, essentially Trichinella spiralis. Human cases mostly appeared sporadically, sometimes endemically, related with consumption of larva stinking meat. We report two cases of trichinellosis, including a myocarditis, caused by Trichinella britovi after consumption of frozen wild boar meat.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meat / parasitology
  • Trichinellosis / diagnosis*
  • Trichinellosis / parasitology