2 NEW OUTBREAKS OF TRICHINOSIS

In 1993, two new outbreaks of trichinosis involving 14 patients occure d in the Alpes-Maritimes departement (France), Homemade salami prepare d from two wild boars killed in the same area were responsible for the contamination, Diagnosis was confirmed by the detection of muscle-sta ge Trichinella larvae in a sample of frozen meat. The involved species was Trichinella britovi, All patients were treated with thiabendazole and corticosteroids with a favorable outcome, These two new outbreaks point out the necessity to inform risk population such as the hunters of the modes of contamination and the prevention.