Rhee Ji-Young, Hong Sung-Tae, Lee Hye-Jung, Seo Min, Kim Suk-Bae
Divison of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Dankook Unverisity, Cheonan 330-714, Korea.
Korean J Parasitol. 2011 Dec;49(4):405-8. doi: 10.3347/kjp.2011.49.4.405. Epub 2011 Dec 16.
Trichinosis is a food-borne zoonotic disease caused by the nematode, Trichinella spp., and had been reported several times in Korea. Recently, there was an additional outbreak, involving 5 patients, the findings from which are reported herein. On 30 November 2010, 8 persons ate sashimi of the meat of a wild boar. Then, 2-3 weeks later, they complained of myalgia and fever. Unfortunately, muscle biopsy was not performed, but ELISA was performed using their sera. Two people among 8 were positive for Trichinella on the 34th day post-infection (PI), and 3 patients who initially revealed negative ELISA were additionally proved to be positive for trichinosis on the 42nd day PI. Hence, the confirmed patients of trichinosis were 5 in total in the present outbreak. They were treated with albendazole and discharged uneventfully. This was the fifth outbreak of trichinosis in Korea.
旋毛虫病是一种由旋毛虫属线虫引起的食源性人畜共患病，在韩国已有多次报告。最近，又发生了一起疫情，涉及5名患者，本文报告了相关调查结果。2010年11月30日，8人食用了野猪肉刺身。2至3周后，他们出现肌肉疼痛和发热症状。遗憾的是，未进行肌肉活检，但采集了他们的血清进行酶联免疫吸附测定（ELISA）。8人中有2人在感染后第34天旋毛虫检测呈阳性，最初ELISA检测呈阴性的3名患者在感染后第42天也被证实感染旋毛虫病。因此，此次疫情中确诊的旋毛虫病患者共有5人。他们接受了阿苯达唑治疗，康复出院。这是韩国第五次旋毛虫病疫情。
