Published Date: 2006-02-04 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Trichinellosis, bear, human - Russia (Kemerovo)
Archive Number: 20060204.0356
TRICHINELLOSIS, BEAR, HUMAN - RUSSIA (Kemerovo)
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Date: Sat 4 Feb 2006
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Source: Interfax, 2 Feb 2006 [translated by ProMED-mail Russian
correspondent; edited]
<http://www.interfax.ru/r/B/siberia/268.html?menu=3D37&id_issue=3D1145865=6>
5 inhabitants of Kemerovo (Kuzbas Region; 200 km east of Novosibirsk)
were infected with Trichinella after eating bear meat. 3 man and 2
women were admitted to the infectious diseases hospital in the City
of Kemerovo with the preliminary diagnosis of Trichinellosis. All 5
are from the Krapivinskiy district of Kemerovo. The information was
reported by the deputy chief of the epidemiological surveillance
center in Kemerovo, Valentin Sokolov.
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[The Kuznetsk Basin is a coal basin, c. 10 000 sq mi (25 900 sq km)
in West Siberian Russia, between the Kuznetsk Alatau and the Salair
Ridge. Its abbreviated name is Kuzbas. With extensive coal deposits,
particularly of high-grade coke, the Kuznetsk Basin was 2nd only to
the Donets Basin in Ukraine in regional coal production during the
Soviet era. The main fields are around Anzhero-Sudzhensk and Kemerovo
(central Siberian Russia, on the Tom River (see map:
<http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Anzhero-Sudzhensk>
and <http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Kemerovo>) - ProMED-mail
Russian correspondent]
[Bear meat is a well-known route of Trichinella infection in Russia.
Bears have a high prevalence of Trichinella, and the only way of
avoiding infection is by not consuming raw or undercooked bear meat.
ProMED has reported several previous outbreaks including several
cases from the same area after eating meat from an infected badger
(see below). - Mod.EP]
See Also
2005----
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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