A LOCAL OUTBREAK OF TRICHINOSIS
Authors: Lee H. Shields, David A. Smith, Roderick W. Cook, Ernest J. Witte, Garland D. Lindsey
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 April 1961A LOCAL OUTBREAK OF TRICHINOSISLEE H. SHIELDS, M.D., DAVID A. SMITH, M.D., RODERICK W. COOK JR., M.D., ERNEST J. WITTE, V.M.D., GARLAND D. LINDSEY, D.V.M.LEE H. SHIELDS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DAVID A. SMITH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RODERICK W. COOK JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ERNEST J. WITTE, V.M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GARLAND D. LINDSEY, D.V.M.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-4-734 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONTrichinosis, a helminth infestation harbored by 25% of North Americans at some time during their lives, causes death in 5 to 6% of symptomatic patients.1Although public health measures have caused some decline in the number of reported trichinosis cases in the United States, the disease definitely has not been eliminated. In some areas, it is quite common. Between 1949 and 1951, 0.6% of grain fed hogs in the midwest and 11.2% of garbage fed hogs in the east were infested withTrichinella spiralislarvae.2There is also an immense reservoir of this helminth in rats and other rodents....Bibliography1. GouldGombergBethell SEHJFH: Control of trichinosis by gamma irradiation of pork. J. A. M. A. 154(8): 653, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Schwartz B: Trichinellae in swine. Proc. First National Conf. on Trichinosis, pp. 26-30, 1952. Google Scholar3. Hall MC: Studies in trichinosis. Public Health Rep. 52: 539, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Mavor H: Focal central nervous system involvement associated with trichinosis, a case report. New Engl. J. Med. 258(13): 648, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. TerplanKrausBarnes KRS: Eosinophilic meningo-encephalitis with predominantly cerebellar changes caused by trichinella infection. J. Mount Sinai Hosp. N. Y. 24(6): 1293, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. Ober RE: Trichinosis. New Engl. J. Med. 235: 838, 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. SempleDaviesKershawSt. Hill ABJBWECA: An outbreak of trichinosis in Liverpool in 1953. Brit. Med. J. 1: 1002, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Roehm DC: Trichinosis: a case manifesting myocarditis, encephalitis, and radial neuritis, with review regarding erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Ann. Intern. Med. 40: 1026, 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar9. RoettFreemanScott CJLCRB: Incidence of subclinical trichinosis in children, based on reaction to intradermal test with trichinella antigen. J. Dis. Child. 87(4): 464, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Kagan IG (Chief, Helminthology Unit, Communicable Disease Center, U. S. Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia): Personal communications to the authors, April and October, 1959. Google Scholar11. Gould SE: Trichinosis. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Ill., 1945, p. 63. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania*Received for publication October 14, 1960.From Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Division of Communicable Disease Control, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Communicable Disease Center, United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia.†Chief, Veterinary Public Health Service, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.‡Assistant Veterinarian (R), Communicable Disease Center, United States Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Ernest J. Witte, V.M.D., Chief, Veterinary Public Health Service, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA sausage-associated outbreak of trichinosis in Illinois.Grundzüge einer historischen und geographischen PathologieTrichinosis with Neurologic and Cardiac Involvement Review of the Literature and Report of Three CasesDEAN F. GRAY, M.D., BERNARD S. MORSE, M.D., WESLEY F. PHILLIPS, A.B. 1 April 1961Volume 54, Issue 4Page: 734-744KeywordsDiarrheaEdemaEosinophiliaEpidemiologyMedical servicesMyalgiaPrevention, policy, and public health ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...