Table 6. Types of meat linked to trichinellosis cases and outbreaks in the world, by World Health Organization region and country, 1986–2009*.
Region/country | Meat source, % cases or outbreaks |
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Domestic pig | Wild game | Other | |
African Region: Ethiopia | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Region of the Americas | |||
Argentina, Chile | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Canada | 0 | 100 | 0 |
United States | 57 | 43 | 0 |
Mexico | 86 | 0 | 14 (horse) |
Eastern Mediterranean Region: Iran and Lebanon | 0 | 100 | 0 |
European Region | |||
Belarus, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Serbia, United Kingdom | 100 | 0 | 0 |
Estonia, Turkey, Ukraine | 50 | 50 | 0 |
France | 0 | 65 | 35 (horse) |
Germany | 83 | 17 | 0 |
Greece, Israel | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Hungary | 52 | 48 | 0 |
Italy | 38 | 38 | 24 (horse) |
Lithuania | 48 | 52 | 0 |
Poland | 41 | 59 | 0 |
Romania | 95 | 5 | 0 |
Slovakia | 50 | 25 | 25 (dog) |
Spain | 60 | 40 | 0 |
South-East Asian Region: Thailand | 50 | 50 | 0 |
Western Pacific Region | |||
People’s Republic of China | 86 | 13 | 1 (dog and others) |
Japan | 25 | 75 | 0 |
South Korea | 0 | 100 | 0 |
India, Laos, Papua New Guinea | 50 | 50 | 0 |
Singapore, Vietnam | 100 | 0 | 0 |
*Data for each country aggregated from our database of studies. Data are from reports cited in the Technical Appendix, section A.