A family reunions bear feast turned into a medical disaster, thanks to some parasitic worms.
Several family members became so sick that they had to be hospitalized, though thankfully everyone recovered.
The strange outbreak wasdescribedover the weekend in the CDCs Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
A black bear (Ursus americanus) is seen in a field at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina.Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post (Getty Images)
They also got ahold of the remaining meat, which tested positive for Trichinella worms.
But this outbreak should provide an important lesson to wild game hunters and their families, officials say.
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