In the province of Córdoba, an outbreak of trichinellosis has caused a health alarm after the Ministry of Health confirmed 41 cases in 5 localities.

Trichinella infections are frequently reported in Argentina. Homemade sausage foods do not usually go through sanitary and may be sold on the routes and roads of the country.

Trichinellosis is caused by the larvae of an intestinal worm when eating insufficiently cooked meat (mainly pork, but also game and other animals such as bear). Symptoms vary widely: muscle pain, inflammation of the eyelids and eye pain, diarrhea, and fever. Cardiac and neurological complications are possible, and the disease is sometimes fatal.