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- - A study in Chile aimed to investigate the presence of Trichinellosis in wild boars, which could pose a health risk to humans as these animals are a new potential host for the parasite.
- - Out of 278 wild boars examined, 5 were found to be infected, resulting in a prevalence rate of 1.8% and an average parasitic burden of approximately 6.8 larvae per gram.
- - The only identified species of the parasite in this study was consistent with global findings, suggesting that the infection rate in Chilean wild boars poses a food-borne risk to the human population.
Article Abstract
Trichinellosis in Chilean wild animals has scarcely been documented. The introduction of wild boars into the wild environment represents a viable new host with a potential risk of infection for human health. The aim of this study was to determine the presence and prevalence of in wild boars. Two hundred seventy eight wild boars from of the Southern Chile were examined by compression and artificial digestion techniques. The larvae in the positive samples were collected for taxonomic analysis through polymerase chain reaction-inter-simple sequence repeats and to calculate the parasitic burden. A prevalence of 1.8% (5/278) of infected animals and an average parasitic burden of 6.8 ± 2.1 larvae per gram were estimated. The only species identified by molecular techniques was . Prevalence of in wild boars was similar to those described around the world. infection rate and parasite burden detected in Chilean wild boars represent a certain food-borne risk for human population.
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