Survival of Trichinella muscle larvae in frozen wolf tissue in Italy.
Living larvae were collected in central Italy from the masseters of a wolf frozen for 6 mo. These parasites were identified as a southern Palearctic species (Trichinella sp. 3) through gene-enzyme analysis. At the second passage in laboratory mice, the muscle larvae were unable to survive at - 10 C for 5 days. Biological and epidemiological implications are discussed.
Pozio
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Laboratory of Parasitology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
La Rosa
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Rossi
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Fico
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D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000469:parasitology*; D005615:Freezing; D007558:Italy; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology*; D014234:Trichinella / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*