SHORT COMMUNICATION First record of human trichinosis in Chile associated with consumption of wild boar (Sus scrofa)

The first South American case of human trichinosis, resulting from the consumption of roast wild boar (Sus scrofa) is reported in Chile. The patient presented fever, diarrhea, myalgias, facial edema, sub-conjunctival redden-ing, photophobia, eosinophilia, and elevated glutamic oxalacetic transaminase. The diagnosis was confirmed by two immunoenzymatic tests (ELISA) using somatic and excretion-secretion antigens. Key words: human trichinosis- wild boar- Sus scrofa- Chile Trichinosis or trichinellosis, caused by the nematode Trichinella spiralis, is cosmopolitan in distribution, and represents the most frequent food-transmitted helminth zoonosis (Neafie et al. 2000). At present, human and ani-mal trichinosis is considered as an emerging infection due to the increase in its prevalence in countries such as Bul