RESUMO
The paper describes the 2003-2004 outbreak oft richinosis in 2 districts of the Kherson Region. Pork was a source of infection. The disease occurred with the ingestion ofshashlik, raw meat, lard, or minced meat. The diagnosis of trichinosis was established 1-1.5 months after the onset of the disease. The patients received a course of therapy and were discharged in a satisfactory condition. The members of their families were prophylactically treated. Meats were bought at the markets and had negative veterinary sanitary tests. A package of antiepidemic and antiepizootic measures was implemented in the foci of trichinosis.
Assuntos
Surtos de Doenças , Suínos/parasitologia , Triquinelose/epidemiologia , Animais , Antinematódeos/uso terapêutico , Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis/normas , Busca de Comunicante , Humanos , Produtos da Carne/parasitologia , Mebendazol/uso terapêutico , Triquinelose/tratamento farmacológico , Ucrânia/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Three outbreaks of trichinellosis have been reviewed in Kherson Province, which has so far been safe as regards this infection. The source of infection in two cases was pork from small private farms and in one case it was meat of a wild boar.