Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection occurring in people who eat meat-eating mammals. It is reported to cause ...

Twelve people developed the parasitic infection trichinellosis after eating raw wild boar at a party in California, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

With early diagnosis, Trichnellosis can be treated with prescription drugs. To help prevent infection, efforts must be made to regulate pig farming and inform consumers of the risks of consuming raw ...

Trichinellosis, or trichinosis, is acquired by eating raw or undercooked meat that contains larvae of the tissue-dwelling nematode Trichinella. Historically, pigs were considered to be the main ...

In an unusual outbreak of human trichinellosis in July 2022, six people from three states—Arizona, Minnesota, and South Dakota—were diagnosed with the parasitic disease after consuming bear meat at a ...

Trichinella infection in the human host can generally be divided into two distinct phases: an enteral (or intestinal) phase and a systemic (or muscular) phase. Infection with a low parasite burden may ...

Federal officials this week made public details of two outbreaks of Trichinella infections in Alaska in the past 12 months, both linked to undercooked walrus meat. Long associated with undercooked ...

It was supposed to be a celebration, but one family’s unique meal of black bear meat sent several members to the hospital instead. The celebration happened in summer 2022, according to the account in ...

Early treatment with mebendazole within the first 6 days of Trichinella exposure prevented the onset of clinical trichinellosis, according to recent findings. In a prospective cohort study, ...

Ten people, including a 10-year-old child, fell ill last year after eating undercooked bear meat at a North Carolina barbecue, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed ...

During July 2016-May 2017, the Alaska Division of Public Health (ADPH) investigated two outbreaks with five cases in each. They were the first multiple-case outbreaks of walrus-associated ...

(WJW) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending out a reminder to wild game hunters after a family became sickened with a rare parasite while eating undercooked bear meat. In a newly ...