Background Trichinellosis is an important and neglected foodborne zoonotic infectious disease in worldwide. The most human outbreaks in recent years have been related to consumption of wild boar meat. This cross-sectional study determined the prevalence of Trichinella spp. infections in hunted wild boars in northern Iran. Methods Thirty-five hunted wild boars were subjected in this study in 2...

Seven species belonging to the Trichinella genus (five with encapsulated larvae and two with non-encapsulated larvae in host muscles) and three additional genotypes have been described to date: T. spiralis (genotype T1), a cosmopolitan species with a high infectivity to swine and rats; T. nativa (T2), etiological agent of sylvatic trichinellosis in arctic and subarctic areas of the Holarctic re...

In recent years, the discovery of many non-encapsulated isolates of Trichinella, designated Trichinella pseudospiralis and the identification of a new non-encapsulated species, Trichinella papuae, has revealed that the biomass of the genus Trichinella does not only include the well known encapsulated species (T. spiralis, T. nativa, T. britovi, T. murrelli, and T. nelsoni) but also includes geo...

The first outbreak of human trichinellosis in China,according to official national publication,was registered in Tibet in 1964. Since then,more than 500 outbreaks, numbering 25 161 cases with 240 deaths, have been recorded.However, this reported quantity is probably highly underestimated because adequate diagnostic techniques might not have been available in the whole area.Moreover, infection i...

The northern part of Slovakia constitutes an important tourist and recreational area of the country. Protected localities of the Tatra National Park (TANAP) are characterised by specific ecological conditions. The high numbers of animals inhabiting protected areas of the TANAP and their potential encounters with tourists contribute to a risk of transmission of important parasitic zoonoses. The ...

In recent years, the growth of wild ungulates has increased focus on their health monitoring. particular, status boars is relevant for economic impact pig industry. The Emilia-Romagna region activated a wildlife monitoring plan to better evaluate boar population. Between 2011 and 2021, samples found dead hunted have been examined trichinellosis, tuberculosis, brucellosis, african swine fever, c...

Trichinellosis is one of the most widespread parasitic zoonoses in the world. Over the past decade, Eastern Europe has experienced a re-emergence of trichinellosis, connected with the social, political and economic changes of the 1990s. A high prevalence of Trichinella infection in domestic animals and in humans has been reported in Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and Croatia (Cuperlov...