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KMID : 0425120150530020219
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2015 Volume.53 No. 2 p.219 ~ p.222
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An Outbreak of Trichinellosis by Consumption of Raw Soft-Shelled Turtle Meat in Korea
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Jeong Joon-Taek
Seo Min
Hong Sung-Tae
Kim Young-Keun
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Abstract
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Trichinellosis transmission to humans via the consumption of reptile meat is rare worldwide. In Korea, however, 2 such outbreaks, possibly via consumption of soft-shelled turtle meat, have occurred in 2 successive years. In 17 August 2014, 6 patients were admitted to Wonju Severance Christian Hospital complaining of myalgia, fever, and headache. Eosinophilia was the indication of the initial laboratory results, and they were eventually diagnosed as trichinellosis by ELISA. All of the patients worked at the same company and had eaten raw soft-shelled turtle meat at a company dinner 10 days prior to their admission. They were treated with albendazole for 2 weeks, upon which all of their symptoms disappeared. This is the 8th report on human trichinellosis in Korea, and the second implicating raw soft-shelled turtle meat.
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KEYWORD
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Trichinella, trichinellosis, soft-shelled turtle, ELISA, Korea
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