ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Five people became seriously ill this year after eating meat from two Alaska bears, more than doubling the cases of trichinosis reported nationwide, Alaska health officials said.

It was the first multiple-case outbreaks of trichinosis associated with walrus, which can only be hunted by Alaska Natives for subsistence or handicraft purposes, since 1992. The CDC in its weekly ...

Often in Alaska, it's black bear or polar bear meat. However, among the 241 trichinosis cases reported in Alaska since 1975, 24 were associated with eating undercooked seal and 100 were tied to ...

Archive Trichinosis with Neurologic and Mental Manifestations Authors: Robert A. Scott, M.D., Robert E. Johnson, M.D., and Daniel Holzman, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published October 2, 1952 ...

Trichinosis parasite gets DNA decoded Date: February 21, 2011 Source: Washington University School of Medicine Summary: Scientists have decoded the DNA of the parasitic worm that causes ...

A: You can be at risk for contracting trichinosis if you eat raw or undercooked meats, particularly bear, pork, wild feline (such as a cougar), fox, dog, wolf, horse, seal or walrus. The disease ...

State agriculture officials warned consumers yesterday that trichinosis – a disease caused by a parasitic worm – had been discovered in tests conducted on a dead pig taken from a Carroll ...

Trichinosis was mentioned in almost 15% of studies. Brucellosis, E. coli and hepatitis A were identified in about 10%. Brucellosis was specifically linked with caribou populations. The influence of ...

WHITE SALMON — Raw cougar meat, eaten by a deer hunter who found himself being stalked, is the apparent source of Washington state’s first case of trichinosis since 2001, a health official says.