In a long term epidemiological survey that included different hosts for Trichinella spiralis among wild and domestic animals, the parasitological and serological screening revealed a high number of positive animals. The incidence of T. spiralis in grazing pigs was high, 21.76% (170 examined) but most of positive animals were lightly infected (0.016-0.02 l/g). While out of 2,394 pigs raised in s...

SUMMARY Throughout much of the world, Trichinella spp. are found to be the causative agents of human trichinellosis, a disease that not only is a public health hazard by affecting human patients but also represents an economic problem in porcine animal production and food safety. Due to the predominantly zoonotic importance of infection, the main efforts in many countries have focused on the co...

The aim of this study was to provide evidence for the expression of iNOS in the cells of inflammatory infiltrates around larvae in skeletal muscles of T. spiralis infected mice. The BALB/c mice (n = 8) divided into subgroups, received either aminoguanidine (AMG)--a specific iNOS inhibitor or albendazole (ALB)--an antiparasitic drug of choice in trichinellosis treatment. Control animals (n = 2 i...

A new immunoenzymatic test, named the thin-layer immunoassay-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (TIA-ELISA), was evaluated for antibody detection in human trichinellosis using excretion and secretion products prepared from Trichinella spiralis muscle larvae. Serum samples from people with positive muscle biopsies or symptoms compatible with the disease (n = 8 or 26, respectively), all reactive i...