Trichinella spp. in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), Brown Bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian Lynxes (Lynx lynx) and Badgers (Meles meles) in Estonia, 2007-2014.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we summarize Trichinella findings from four wild, free-ranging host species from Estonia during 2007-2014. Trichinella spp. larvae were detected in 281 (0.9%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.8-1.0) of 30,566 wild boars (Sus scrofa), 63 (14.7%, 95% CI 11.6-18.3) of 429 brown bears (Ursus arctos), 59 (65.56%, 95% CI 55.3-74.8) of 90 Eurasian lynxes (Lynx lynx), and three (60.0%, 95% CI 18.2-92.7) of five badgers (Meles meles). All four European Trichinella species were detected: T. britovi in 0.7% of the wild boars, 7.2% of the brown bears, 45.6% of the lynxes, and 40.0% of the badgers; T. nativa in 0.1% of the wild boars, 5.8% of the brown bears, and 20.0% of the lynxes; T. pseudospiralis in 0.02% the wild boars; and T. spiralis in 0.03% of the wild boars and 4.4% of the lynxe

SUBMITTER: Karssin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7830479 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature