Toxoplasmosis -- Canada
Quebec's health ministry is reporting what it believes to be the 1st local outbreak of toxoplasmosis -- a parasitic disease that can severely affect pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems -- linked to the consumption of undercooked venison eaten outside the province.
A bulletin published by the ministry notes that 5 people in a party of 10 hunters from Quebec fell ill after a 12-day hunting trip last November and December [2018] in the US. During the trip, they ate meat on
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6393680&promed&0
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