title: Concurrent infection with sibling Trichinella species in a natural host.
abstract: Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of individual Trichinella muscle larvae, collected from several sylvatic and domestic animals in Estonia, revealed concurrent infection of a racoon dog with Trichinella nativa and Trichinella britovi. This finding provides strong support for their taxonomic ranking as sibling species. These 2 species appear uniformly distributed among sylvatic animals through Estonia, while Trichinella spiralis appears restricted to the domestic habitat.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pozio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bandi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: La Rosa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Järvis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kapel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D018509:DNA, Helminth; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D014234:Trichinella / Q000145:classification*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018509:DNA, Helminth