Autochthonous and imported Trichinella isolates in Germany.
The study of Trichinella isolates from wildlife in Germany revealed the presence of Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella britovi in wild boars and foxes. T spiralis was detected in meat products imported from Spain, which is one of the two endemic areas of domestic trichinellosis in the European Union: It was also detected in meat from a grizzly bear marketed in Alaska, and Trichinella nativa was detected in a polar bear from the Berlin Zoo. These results stress the importance of examining for Trichinella live animals and meat products imported to Germany from both EU and non-EU countries. Furthermore, carnivores from Arctic regions that are born in the wild and placed in zoos can represent a risk for the introduction of the freeze-resistant species of Trichinella in a new region if, once the animal dies, the carcass is not properly destroyed.
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Laboratory of Parasitology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. pozio@iss.it
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D000413:Alaska; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000469:parasitology; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D008461:Meat Products / Q000469:parasitology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000469:parasitology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D013030:Spain; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D014234:Trichinella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017160:Trichinella spiralis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001503:Ursidae / Q000469:parasitology
D017931:DNA Primers; D018509:DNA, Helminth