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KMID : 0425120110490040405
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2011 Volume.49 No. 4 p.405 ~ p.408
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The Fifth Outbreak of Trichinosis in Korea
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Rhee Ji-Young
Hong Sung-Tae
Lee Hye-Jung
Seo Min
Kim Suk-Bae
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Abstract
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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.
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KEYWORD
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Trichinella, trichinosis, wild boar, ELISA, outbreak
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