Trichinellosis Caused by Consumption of Wild Boar Meat — Illinois, 2013

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Greene, Yoran Grant ; Padovani, Thomas ; Rudroff, Jo Ann ; Hall, Rebecca ; Austin, Connie ; Vernon, Michael
• Description:
  On March 6, 2013, the Cook County Department of Public Health (Chicago, Illinois) contacted the Illinois Department of Public Health regarding a Diagnosis of trichinellosis in a patient who had consumed wild boar and deer meat obtained by hunting at a Missouri ranch January 16-18. Trichinellosis is a parasitic infection caused by consumption of undercooked infected meat, most commonly from carnivorous or omnivorous animals.
• Subjects:
  Adult Animals Cooking Female Food Parasitology Humans Male Meat Middle Aged Notes From The Field Registries Sus Scrofa Trichinella Trichinellosis Young Adult

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2014; 63(20):451.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  24848218
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4584918
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  20
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:26bde2c57f2d0bb08eda4a7bc3021eb0757abe8c54e60eca1c7179565b12bcd34ce5bc055f864693c2ba410eabedfef0f265204ff421ff546f899c1b23fda339
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