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

• Main Authors: Lemire, Mélanie, Proulx, Jean-François, Lévesque, Benoît, Simard, Manon, Iqaluk, Martha, Ducrocq, Julie, Elijassiapik, Lisa, Ningiuk, Etok, Perkins, Pamela
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Public Health Association 2020
• Subjects: Trichinella nativa; Trichinellosis; Outbreak; Polar bear meat; Inuit; Nunavik; Trichinellose; Éclosion; Viande d’ours polaire; Inuits > Santé et hygiène; Trichinose; Gibier (Aliment); Inuits > Alimentation; Canada; Inukjuak; Morse; inuit; inuits; morse; walrus*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/38381

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 a...