First report of Trichinella pseudospiralis in a wolf (Canis lupus italicus)
Within the genus Trichinella, Trichinella pseudospiralis is the only recognized non-encapsulated species known to infect mammals and birds. In October 2020, larvae recovered from muscle tissues of a wolf (Canis lupus italicus) originating from Molise Region, Central Italy, were molecularly confirmed...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:8182262 2023-05-15T15:49:32+02:00 First report of Trichinella pseudospiralis in a wolf (Canis lupus italicus) Ricchiuti, Luciano Petrini, Antonio Interisano, Maria Ruberto, Addolorato Salucci, Stefania Marino, Lucio Del Riccio, Angela Cocco, Antonio Badagliacca, Pietro Pozio, Edoardo 2021-05-24 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8182262/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34136345 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.05.002 en eng Elsevier http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8182262/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34136345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.05.002 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). CC-BY-NC-ND Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl Regular Article Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.05.002 2021-06-20T00:30:03Z Within the genus Trichinella, Trichinella pseudospiralis is the only recognized non-encapsulated species known to infect mammals and birds. In October 2020, larvae recovered from muscle tissues of a wolf (Canis lupus italicus) originating from Molise Region, Central Italy, were molecularly confirmed as those of Trichinella britovi and T. pseudospiralis. This is the first detection of T. pseudospiralis from a wolf. In Italy, this zoonotic nematode was detected in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes), three birds (Strix aluco, Athene noctua, Milvus milvus) and five wild boars (Sus scrofa), and was also identified as the etiological agent of a human outbreak of trichinellosis in 2015. Since T. pseudospiralis is rarely reported from carnivore mammals in comparison to the encapsulated species frequently detected in these hosts, this finding opens the question of the role of carnivores as reservoirs for this parasite. Text Canis lupus PubMed Central (PMC) International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 15 195 198 |
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Within the genus Trichinella, Trichinella pseudospiralis is the only recognized non-encapsulated species known to infect mammals and birds. In October 2020, larvae recovered from muscle tissues of a wolf (Canis lupus italicus) originating from Molise Region, Central Italy, were molecularly confirmed as those of Trichinella britovi and T. pseudospiralis. This is the first detection of T. pseudospiralis from a wolf. In Italy, this zoonotic nematode was detected in a red fox (Vulpes vulpes), three birds (Strix aluco, Athene noctua, Milvus milvus) and five wild boars (Sus scrofa), and was also identified as the etiological agent of a human outbreak of trichinellosis in 2015. Since T. pseudospiralis is rarely reported from carnivore mammals in comparison to the encapsulated species frequently detected in these hosts, this finding opens the question of the role of carnivores as reservoirs for this parasite. |
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Ricchiuti, Luciano Petrini, Antonio Interisano, Maria Ruberto, Addolorato Salucci, Stefania Marino, Lucio Del Riccio, Angela Cocco, Antonio Badagliacca, Pietro Pozio, Edoardo |
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First report of Trichinella pseudospiralis in a wolf (Canis lupus italicus) |
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First report of Trichinella pseudospiralis in a wolf (Canis lupus italicus) |
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First report of Trichinella pseudospiralis in a wolf (Canis lupus italicus) |
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First report of Trichinella pseudospiralis in a wolf (Canis lupus italicus) |
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First report of Trichinella pseudospiralis in a wolf (Canis lupus italicus) |
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first report of trichinella pseudospiralis in a wolf (canis lupus italicus) |
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