Surveillance for trichinellosis — United States, 2015 annual summary

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• Personal Author:
  Casillas, Shannon M. ; Jones, Jeffrey L.
• Corporate Authors:
  Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria. Malaria Branch.
• Description:
  Main findings for 2015
  
  • In 2015, trichinellosis was a reportable condition in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and New York City.
  
  • For 2015, 13 cases of trichinellosis (10 confirmed and 3 probable) were reported to CDC from 8 states, including Colorado (2 cases), Idaho (1 case), Indiana (1 case), Maryland (2 cases), Pennsylvania (1 case), Texas (4 cases), Utah (1 case), and Washington (1 case).
  
  • During 2015, known or suspected sources of Trichinella infection were documented for 10 (77%) of the 13 cases reported, and included bear (7 cases), commercial pork (1 case), pork from an unspecified source (1 case), and pork consumed during international travel (1 case).
  
  • Two outbreaks of 3 persons each were reported in 2015; each outbreak was attributed to meat from a bear hunted in Alaska.
  
  Suggest citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Surveillance for Trichinellosis — United States, 2015 Annual Summary. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC, 2017.
  
  trichinellosis_surveillance_summary_2015.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Meat/parasitology Public Health Surveillance Trichinellosis/epidemiology
• Document Type:
  Report
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  12 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d3d4d39b032babe7006ba9d71ad3cc362f6c41b862b5d8e148492d9b885df464
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55300/cdc_55300_DS1.pdf
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