title: Survival of Trichinella muscle larvae in frozen wolf tissue in Italy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pozio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Rosa
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fico
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000469:parasitology*; D005615:Freezing; D007558:Italy; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology*; D014234:Trichinella / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*