Three cases of trichinosis in Germany, linked to Romania

Between 15 and 18 November 2002, two women (aged 47 and 55) and one 52 year old man in Frankfurt am Main, presented with trichinosis (1). Clinical features were fever, headache, myalgia, diarrhoea, periorbital oedema, general weakness, and eosinophilia. The diagnosis in the two of them was later confirmed by serology and the third case had a clear epidemiological link.