First reports of Trichinella pseudospiralis in wild boars (Sus scrofa) of Italy

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 370-373

  Merialdi, Giuseppe ^a   Bardasi, Lia ^a   Fontana, Maria Cristina ^a   Spaggiari, Brunella ^b   Maioli, Giulia ^a   Conedera, Gabriella ^c   Vio, Denis ^c   Londero, Mauro ^d   Marucci, Gianluca ^e   Ludovisi, Alessandra ^e   Pozio, Edoardo ^e   Capelli, Gioia ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^d Local Health Unit 4   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Italy; Sus scrofa; Trichinella pseudospiralis; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FOX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LARVA; MALE; MEAT; MOUSE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RELATIVE; SALAMI; TRICHINELLA BRITOVI; TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS; VULPES VULPES; WILD BOAR; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DIAPHRAGM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ITALY; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLOSIS;

AVES; EMILIA; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; SUS SCROFA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS;

EID: 79956282720     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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