%0 Journal Article
%T Trichinellosis outbreak due to wild boar meat consumption in southern Italy
%A Domenico Martinelli
%A Francesca Fortunato
%A Iulia Adelina Turiac
%A Maria Giovanna Cappelli
%A Raffaele Angelillis
%A Rita Olivieri
%A Rosa Prato
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2017
%R 10.1186/s13071-017-2052-5
%X We report a Trichinella britovi outbreak investigated during February-March 2016 in southern Italy. The source of infection was meat from infected wild boars that were illegally hunted and, hence, not submitted to post-mortem veterinary inspection. Thirty persons reported having eaten raw dried homemade sausages; five cases of trichinellosis were confirmed. Wild game meat consumers need to be educated about the risk for trichinellosis
%K Trichinella britovi
%K Trichinellosis
%K Italy
%K Wild boar meat
%K Zoonosis
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5330091/