Occurrence of Alaria alata in wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Poland and detection of genetic variability between isolates.

ABSTRACT: Alaria alata is a trematode included among several emerging zoonotic parasites. The mesocercarial larval stage of A. alata named Distomum musculorum suis (DMS) may potentially be infective for humans. In the past, DMS was often observed in wild boar meat during the official Trichinella inspection by artificial digestion before a more specific and effective detection method, the A. alata mesocercariae migration technique (AMT), was introduced. In the present study, the AMT method was used to screen 3589 tissue samples collected from wild boars hunted in Poland during the 2015-2019 period. The survey mainly focused on the southern part of Poland with the majority of samples coming from Małopolskie, Świętokrzyskie, and Dolnoślaskie provinces; samples from ten additional provinces were also in

SUBMITTER: Bilska-Zajac E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7846538 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature