o:25442 Trichinellosis in Serbia has become a rare event – one outbreak with pulmonary complications Trihineloza u Srbiji postala je redak događaj-jedna epidemija sa plućnim komplikacijama en ABSTRACT: An outbreak of trichinellosis occurred in Stari Banovci, a settlement in the municipality of Stara Pazova, Srem, Republic of Serbia, in March-April 2019. A total of 28 persons were exposed and trichinellosis was confirmed in 24 of them. This outbreak involved members of eight families, their relatives and friends. The infection, due to Trichinella spiralis (Owen, 1835), was associated with con¬sumption of pork sausages procured in a local butcher’s shop. The trace-back study revealed that the meat originated from swine that was raised on a small farm belonging to the owner of the shop, who did not have permission from the Veterinary Directorate for slaughtering animals and who put on the market sausages prepared from uninspected meat. Trichinellosis was accompanied by typical clinical symp¬toms. However, the unusual occurrence of high percentage of pulmonary complications was noticed. The description of this outbreak indicates that medical practitioners should initiate treatment immediately in cases of high suspicion of trichinellosis, even if the serology is negative, to prevent the complications of the disease. In spite of significant achievements in the control of Trichinella infection among domestic pigs and humans in the last 10 years, it is obvious that such cases of breeding animals under inappropriate conditions, slaugh¬tering them without approval and placing uninspected pork on the market represent a source of sporadic outbreaks in Serbia. Trichinella spiralis, outbreak, uninspected pork 1552099 10.14411/fp.2022.009 2022-05-17T17:57:58.669Z 44 yes 46 Ivana Mitić University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia doktor medicinskih nauka 0000-0003-0330-4213 46 Saša Vasilev University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia doktor nauka veterinarske medicine 0000-0001-7870-2713 46 Miloš Korać University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Serbia 46 Nataša Ilić University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia doktor bioloških nauka 0000-0001-6738-7033 46 Biljana Bojić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Serbia 46 Alisa Gruden-Movsesijan University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia doktor bioloških nauka 0000-0002-3061-5474 46 Ljiljana Sofronić-Milosavljević University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia doktor medicinskih nauka 0000-0002-2721-125X application/pdf 510241 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:25442 no yes 16 70 92000001 11A29 11A2904 11A32 11A3245 Folia Parasitologica 69 2022