The unique contribution of a local response group in the field investigation and management of a trichinellosis outbreak in Nunavik (Québec, Canada)

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Public Health
• Main Authors: Ducrocq, Julie, Proulx, Jean-François, Simard, Manon, Lévesque, Benoit, Iqaluk, Martha, Elijassiapik, Lisa, Ningiuk, Etok, Perkins, Pamela, Jacques, Solange, Lemire, Mélanie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Innovations in Policy and Practice; Canada; Inukjuak; Nunavik; inuit; walrus*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7046848/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31637676; https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-019-00255-8

SETTING: Consumption of raw game meats is important for Inuit health and well-being but may sometimes increase risk of exposure to parasites. In Nunavik, following trichinellosis outbreaks in the 1980s caused by raw walrus consumption, a diagnostic test was developed for the region and offered to al...