Helminthologia (Mar 2017)

Molecular identification of Trichinella isolates from wildlife animals of the Russian Arctic territories

  • Goździk K.,
  • Odoevskaya I. M.,
  • Movsesyan S. O.,
  • Cabaj W.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/helm-2017-0002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54, no. 1
pp. 11 – 16

Abstract

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The parasitic nematodes of genus Trichinella are infective to a wide range of hosts, including humans, and have global distribution from tropic to arctic areas. Muscle samples from animals, collected in two areas of the Russian Federation, Chukotka Peninsula and Arkhangelsk Oblast, were tested for the presence of Trichinella spp. larvae. Trichinella spp. larvae were recovered from tissues of eleven wild and domestic animals: 1 polar bear, 1 wolverine, 3 arctic foxes, 1 ringed seal, 1 brown bear, 1 cat, 1 sled dog, 1 domestic pig and 1 northern sea lion.

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