2009 Trichinosis Linked to Consumption of Grizzly Bear Meat, Canada
Five French travellers ate grizzly bear meat while visiting Northern Canada. They had been on a Northwest Passage sailing expedition in the Artic. Members of another Northwest Passage sailing expedition ate some of the same grizzly bear meat; two people in this party became ill.
- Outbreak began:
- Unknown 2009
- Affected Country:
- International
- Affected States/Territories:
- Not Applicable
- Organism(s):
-
- Other
- Vehicle(s):
- Game, Bear
- Molecular Results Available:
- Unknown
- Test Results:
- None
- Location(s):
- Sailboat
- Brand Name(s):
- Total ill:
- 7
- Number ill by Case Definition Known:
- Unknown
- Number Laboratory Confirmed Cases:
- N/A
- Number Probable Cases:
- N/A
- Number Possible Cases:
- N/A
- Anyone Hospitalized:
- Yes
- Number Hospitalized:
- 1
- Any Deaths:
- Unknown
- Number Dead:
- Unknown
- Any References:
- Yes