Trichinosis -- Canada
If you're planning to eat walrus meat this summer, first ask the harvester if the meat has been tested. That's because walrus meat hunted earlier this month [August 2016] near Naujaat [Kivalliq Region of Nunavut] recently tested positive for the trichinella parasite, the Government of Nunavut's [GN] health department said [on 26 Aug 2016].
In Arctic regions, trichinella -- known as trichinosis or trichinellosis in an infected person -- is caused by a microscopic parasite called _Trichinella
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2bIjDHh
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