Trichinellosis acquired in Nunavut, Canada in September 2009: meat from grizzly bear suspected

S Houzé; T Ancelle; R Matra; C Boceno; Y Carlier; A A Gajadhar; J Dupouy-Camet

doi:10.2807/ese.14.44.19383-en

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Trichinellosis acquired in Nunavut, Canada in September 2009: meat from grizzly bear suspected
S Houzé¹ , T Ancelle² , R Matra¹ , C Boceno³ , Y Carlier⁴ , A A Gajadhar⁵ , J Dupouy-Camet²
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Affiliations: ¹ Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Service des Maladies Infectieuses, AP-HP Hôpital Bichat, Paris ² Centre National de Référence des Trichinella (National Reference Centre for Trichinella), Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Descartes University, Paris, France ³ Centre Hospitalier de Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France ⁴ Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine, ULB, Brussels, Belgium ⁵ Centre for Food-borne & Animal Parasitology, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

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J Dupouy-Camet
jean.dupouy-camet cch.aphp.fr
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Citation style for this article: Houzé S, Ancelle T, Matra R, Boceno C, Carlier Y, Gajadhar A A, Dupouy-Camet J. Trichinellosis acquired in Nunavut, Canada in September 2009: meat from grizzly bear suspected. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(44):pii=19383. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.44.19383-en Received: 20 Oct 2009

Abstract

Five cases of trichinellosis with onset of symptoms in September 2009, were reported in France, and were probably linked to the consumption of meat from a grizzly bear in Cambridge Bay in Nunavut, Canada. Travellers should be aware of the risks of eating raw or rare meat products in arctic regions, particularly game meat such as bear or walrus meat.