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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 25(5), 1976, pp. 675-681
Copyright © 1976 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Trichinosis Acquired at Sea—Report of an Outbreak

Mitchell Singal{dagger}, Peter M. Schantz AND S. Benson Werner
Injectious Disease Section, California State Department of Health, Berkeley, California 94704, and Parasitic Diseases Branch, Parasitic Diseases and Veterinary Public Health Division, Bureau of Epidemiology, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

In 1974, at least 13 persons acquired trichinosis aboard a luxury liner en route to Alaska. Epidemiologic investigation implicated ground beef served on the ship as the vehicle of transmission. The beef is thought to have been contaminated by pork which had previously been frozen, though presumably not under trichinacidal conditions. To our knowledge, this is the first report of trichinosis acquired at sea.

Accepted for publication March 6, 1976.


{dagger} Currently: Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Center for Disease Control, assigned to the Bureau for Health Services, Kentucky Department for Human Resources, Frankfort.






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