Trichinellosis outbreak in Lithuania, Ukmerge region, June 2009

A Bartuliene; R Liausediene; V Motiejuniene

doi:10.2807/ese.14.38.19336-en

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Trichinellosis outbreak in Lithuania, Ukmerge region, June 2009
A Bartuliene¹ , R Liausediene¹ , V Motiejuniene²
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Affiliations: ¹ Centre for Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Vilnius, Lithuania ² Ukmerge department at the Vilnius Public Health Centre, Ukmerge, Lithuania

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A Bartuliene
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Citation style for this article: Bartuliene A, Liausediene R, Motiejuniene V. Trichinellosis outbreak in Lithuania, Ukmerge region, June 2009. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(38):pii=19336. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.38.19336-en Received: 07 Sept 2009

Abstract

An outbreak of trichinellosis due to wild boar meat was detected in Lithuania in June 2009. The outbreak affected 107 people all of whom had consumed sausages made of wild boar meat. Inspection of food samples confirmed the presence of Trichinella larvae in the meat.