Dead Dogs Barking in Russia

TRICHINELLOSIS, DOG MEAT, HUMAN - RUSSIA: (ZABAYKALSKY)
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Date: Thu 16 July 2009
Source: Broadcasting company: "Chita" [trans. Corr.BA, edited]



In Chita [now called, since 2008, Zabaykalsky Krai - CopyEd.MSP], 5
people have contracted trichinosis due to consumption of stray dog
meat. In 2009, 9 cases have been reported in the Chita region, and dog
meat was the cause of infection for all of them.

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[In June 2008, 14 inhabitants of Tungokochen village and 12
inhabitants of Chita were hospitalized in the infectious diseases
hospital with trichinellosis after consumption of bear meat. - Corr.BA]

[Chita is located in Siberia east of Irkusk, and can be located on a map at
.

ProMED reported on an outbreak in 2005 in Buryatiya (Russia), also
caused by the consumption of dog meat (Trichinellosis, dog meat, human
- Russia (Buryatiya) 20050407.1010). Trichinellosis is reported
frequently from Russia, but bear and infected pork are the main
sources of human infections. - Mod.EP]

[Trichinellosis, also called trichinosis, is caused by eating raw or
undercooked meat of animals infected with the larvae of a species of
worm called _Trichinella_. See CDC Fact sheet at:

Life cycle:

Picture of the worm:

and its larvae:

- Mod.JW]

[see also:
Trichinellosis - Russia: (KX) 20090405.1312
Zoonotic disease trends 2007-2008 - Russia 20090103.0022
2008
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Trichinellosis - Russia (06): (Kemerovo Region) 20081123.3697
Trichinellosis - Russia (05): (Chukchi Autonomous Region) 20080919.2954
Trichinellosis - Russia (04): Magadan 20080907.2791
Trichinellosis - Russia (03): (Tomsk), bear meat 20080706.2050
Trichinellosis - Russia (Krasnodar) 20080223.0738
2007
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Trichinellosis - Russia (Krasnoyarsk) 20070422.1313
2006
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Trichinellosis, human - Russia (02): background 20060207.0400
Trichinellosis, human - Russia: background 20060205.0368
Trichinellosis, bear, human - Russia (Kemerovo) 20060204.0356
2005
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Trichinellosis, human - Russia (Altai) 20051207.3531
Trichinellosis, bear, human - Russia (Buryatiya) 20050705.1904
Trichinellosis, dog meat, human - Russia (Buryatiya) 20050407.1010
Trichinellosis, badger, human - Russia (Novosibirsk) 20050204.0388
2004
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Trichinellosis - Ukraine (Zhitomirskaya) 20041228.3426
Trichinellosis - Russia (Novosibirsk) 20041207.3252
Trichinellosis - Russia (Kabardino-Balkaria) 20041201.3210
Trichinellosis - Russia (Tulskaya) 20040327.0845
2003
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Trichinellosis - Poland (02) 20030303.0533
Trichinellosis - Poland 20030302.0526
2002
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Trichinellosis - Russia (Siberia) (04) 20021203.5954
2001
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Trichinellosis - Russia (Krasnodar) (02) 20010118.0144
2000
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Foodborne disease, bear meat - Russia: RFI 20000615.0961]
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