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Trichinellosis acquired in the United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 November 2001

L. M. MILNE ,
S. BHAGANI ,
B. A. BANNISTER ,
S. M. LAITNER ,
P. MOORE ,
D. EZA  and
P. L. CHIODINI
L. M. MILNE
Affiliation:
West Hertfordshire Health Authority, Tonman House, 63-77 Victoria Street, St Albans AL1 3ER
S. BHAGANI
Affiliation:
Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG
B. A. BANNISTER
Affiliation:
Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG
S. M. LAITNER
Affiliation:
West Hertfordshire Health Authority, Tonman House, 63-77 Victoria Street, St Albans AL1 3ER
P. MOORE
Affiliation:
The Maltings Surgery, 8 Victoria Street, St Albans AL1 3JB
D. EZA
Affiliation:
Department of Histopathology, Rockefeller Building, University Street, London WC1E 6JJ
P. L. CHIODINI
Affiliation:
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, The Mortimer Market Centre, Capper Street, London WCIE 6AU
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Abstract

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An outbreak of trichinellosis that occurred in the United Kingdom is described. Members of four households consumed pork salami from northern Serbia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Eight cases of trichinellosis occurred. Clinical and laboratory features of the cases were typical with myalgia (7 cases), fever (6), headache (5), periorbital oedema (4), non-specific ST/T wave changes on electrocardiogram (3), Trichinella antibodies (6), eosinophilia (7) and raised serum creatine kinase (3). All recovered. Trichinella larvae were detected in the salami. During pre-travel counselling, travellers should be advised about possible risk from cured pork products which have been produced locally in Trichinella endemic areas.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 127 , Issue 2 , October 2001 , pp. 359 - 363
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press