Trichinellosis is a notifiable disease in some countries but the precise evaluation of the
number of human cases remains particularly difficult.
The annual reports by the OIE focus
on porcine trichinellosis and the data are given on a voluntarily basis by government agencies.
MEDLINE introduces too much bias to draw general conclusions.
This disease linked to meat-consumption
which is theoretically easy to prevent by adequate cooking and veterinary controls, deserves
the attention of all persons involved in public health and it could be eradicated at least from
domestic pigs.