Short report: Identification of the likely etiologic agent of human trichinellosis in Sicily (Italy) between 1933 and 1946

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 906-907

  Pozio, Edoardo ^a   La Rosa, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE DISEASE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINOSIS;

NEMATODA; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0032416616     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.906     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Volpino G, 1919. L'esaurimento di un focolaio di trichinosi. Policlinico Sezione Pratica 26: 129-132.
2. Donzelli F, 1946. Su di un focolaio di trichinosi in Sicilia. Policlinico Sezione Pratica 53: 1149-1153.
3. Mirri A, 1948. La Trichinosi. Palermo: Tipografia Nationale S. Cosentino, 1-24.
4. Gallo C, Guercio V, 1961. Ricerche sulla trichinosi in Sicilia. Vet Ital 12: 865-868.
5. Bandi C, La Rosa G, Bardin MG, Damiani G, Comincini S, Tasciotti L, Pozio E, 1995. Random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprints of the eight taxa of Trichinella and their comparison with allozyme analysis. Parasitology 110: 401-407.
6. Wu Z, Nagano I, Fukumoto S, Saito S, Yamaguchi T, Pozio E, Takahashi Y, 1997. Polymerase chain reaction primers to identify Trichinella spiralis or T. pseudospiralis. Parasitol Int 46: 149-154.
7. Pozio E, La Rosa G, Serrano FJ, Barrat J, Rossi L, 1996. Environmental and human influence on the ecology of Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella britovi in western Europe. Parasitology 113: 527-533.
8. Pozio E, Tamburrini A, Sacchi L, Gomez Morales MA, Corona S, Goffredo E, La Rosa G, 1997. Detection of Trichinelia spiralis in a horse during routine examination in Italy. Int J Parasitol 27: 1613-1621.
9. Pozio E, Varese P, Gomez Morales MA, Croppo GP, Pelliccia D, Bruschi F, 1993. Comparison of human trichinellosis caused by Trichinella spiralis and by Trichinella britovi. Am J Trop Med Hyg 48: 568-575.
10. Tumino G, Di Quattro G, Pozio E, 1987. Ulteriori ricerche sulla trichinellosi in Sicilia. Riv Parassitol 4 (suppl): 57-60.
11. Pozio E, 1998. Trichinellosis in the European Union: Epidemiology, ecology and economic impact. Parasitol Today 14: 35-38.
12. Ricci M 1952. La trichinosi in Italia. Rendiconti Istituto Sup Sanità 15: 42-50.
13. Andy JJ, O'Connell JP, Daddario RC, Roberts WC, 1977. Trichinosis causing extensive ventricular mural endocarditis with superimposed thrombosis. Am J Med 63: 824-829.
14. Gould SE, 1970. Trichinosis in Man and Animals. Springfield, IL: C. C. Thomas Publishers.
15. Campbell WC, 1983. Historical introduction. Campbell WC, ed. Trichinella and Trichinosis. New York and London: Plenum Press, 1-30.