Ten Cases of Trichinellosis from Walrus Meat Reported in Norton Sound since August 2016
![Encysted larvae of Trichinella sp. in muscle tissue, stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E). The image magnification is 200x. Image-CDC Ten Cases of Trichinellosis from Walrus Meat Reported in Norton Sound since August 2016](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/Health/trichinella_bam1.jpg)
According to a release from the Center for Disease Control, Norton Sound was again struck by suspected Walrus-related Trichinellosis from eating under-cooked Walrus meat, bringing the outbreak to a total of ten since August of 2016. The incidences this year and in 2016, mark the first time in 23 years that the parasite, from Walrus, […]