two isolates of trichinella were obtained from the jackal, canis aureus: one from the north caspian area, the other from the south-west khuzestan area of iran. the infectivity of the isolates was tested in laboratory animals, in a wild rodent (tatera indica) and in wild pigs. the isolate from khuzestan was of low infectivity to albino rats and it was provisionally identified as trichinella nels...

Trichinellosis is a parasitic disease of humans caused by nematodes from the genus Trichinella, predominantly Trichinella spiralis. If Trichinella infection is suspected based on an epidemiological link and clinical criteria within defined period of time, then finding of Trichinella-specific antibodies in the examined sera provides definitive proof of the establishment of infection. Detection o...

This review summarizes the major biological, biochemical and molecular methods which have been developed during last 20 years to distinguish parasites of the genus Trichinella. From the time of the discovery of Trichinella in 1835 until the 1970, it was assumed that trichinellosis was caused by a single species of parasite, Trichinella spiralis. Many biological parameters have been compared to ...

Members of the genus Trichinella are small nematodes that can infect a wide range of animal hosts. However, their infectivity varies depending on the parasite and host species combination. In this study, we examined the susceptibility of 4 species of laboratory rodents, i.e., mice, rats, hamsters, and gerbils to Trichinella papuae, an emerging non-encapsulated Trichinella species. Trichinella s...

The first human case with trichinellosis was reported in 1964 in Tibet, China. However, up to the present, the etiological agent of trichinellosis has been unclear. The aim of this study was to identify a Tibet Trichinella isolate at a species level by PCR-based methods. Multiplex PCR revealed amplicon of the expected size (173 bp) for Trichinella spiralis in assays containing larval DNA from T...

Trichinellosis is a helminthic infection where different species of Trichinella nematodes are the causative agents. Several molecular assays have been designed to aid diagnostics of trichinellosis. These assays are mostly complex and expensive. The genomes of Trichinella species contain certain parasite-specific genes, which can be detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods. We selecte...

S u m m a r y : Trichinella infections in foxes and wild boars were studied to determine the prevalence of infection in wildlife in the Netherlands. Muscles of 429 forelegs of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and diaphragms of 11 wild boars (Sus scrofa) were artificially digested. Single larvae of Trichinella were identified at species level using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR). In addition, ...

a new reservoir host of trichinella was identified as: herpestes auropunctatus, (mangoose) in province of khuzestan, south west of iran. wild swine, brown bear jackal and wild cat have been reported as natural host for trichinella so far. the larvae obtained from the mongoose was infective for rat and white mouse, but the latter was more sensitive comparatively (this study was carried out in th...

Muscle larvae of Trichinella isolates from two outbreaks in Korea were analyzed by a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and multiple-PCR. All of the muscle larvae showed a band similar to that of T. spiralis larvae of the reference strain. The two Korean Trichinella isolates (isolate code ISS623 and ISS1078) might be classifiable to Trichinella spiralis.