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Title Trichinella and trichenellosis / edited by Fabrizio Bruschi
Published London : Academic Press, 2021

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Contents Front Cover -- Trichinella and Trichinellosis -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I. General aspects -- 1 History of the parasite and disease -- 1.1 History of the discovery -- 1.1.1 "Cysts with bony point." First observations (1822-33) -- 1.1.2 Paget, Owen, and the first description (1835) -- 1.1.3 The discovery of the nematode life cycle (1835-60) -- 1.1.4 Trichinella as a pathogen: from scientific curiosity to health problem (1860-1900) -- 1.2 Paleopathological findings -- 1.2.1 Egypt (Deir-El-Bahari)
1.2.2 Alaska, United States (Utqiagvik) -- 1.2.3 Spain (Toledo County) -- 1.2.4 Chile (Cerro El Plomo) -- 1.2.5 Greenland (Pissisarfik) -- 1.3 Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 2 The genetics of Trichinella populations: a study in contrasts -- 2.1 Species of Trichinella harbor distinct levels of genetic variability, reflecting contrasting histories -- 2.2 Related species of Trichinella maintain distinctions despite occasional gene flow among them -- 2.3 Extreme inbreeding in Trichinella typically engenders highly uniform infections
2.4 Work remains to establish efficient, robust tools for outbreak tracing where populations are highly inbred -- 2.5 Population genetics sheds light on the origins of current challenges -- References -- 3 Taxonomy of the Trichinella genus -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Expansion of the single species concept of Trichinella -- 3.3 The taxonomy of the genus Trichinella -- 3.3.1 The nonencapsulated clade -- 3.3.1.1 Trichinella pseudospiralis Garkavi (1972) (genotype T4) -- 3.3.1.2 Trichinella papuae Pozio et al. (1999) (genotype T10)
3.3.1.3 Trichinella zimbabwensis Pozio et al. (2002) (genotype T11) -- 3.3.2 The encapsulated clade -- 3.3.2.1 Trichinella spiralis Owen (1835) (genotype T1) -- 3.3.2.2 Trichinella nativa Britov and Boev (1972) (genotype T2) -- 3.3.2.3 Trichinella britovi Pozio et al. (1992a, b) (genotype T3) -- 3.3.2.4 Trichinella murrelli Pozio and La Rosa (2000) (genotype T5) -- 3.3.2.5 Trichinella T6 Pozio et al. (1992a, b) (genotype T6) -- 3.3.2.6 Trichinella nelsoni Britov and Boev (1972) sensu stricto Pozio et al. (1992a, b) (genotype T7) -- 3.3.2.7 Trichinella T8 Pozio et al. (1992a, b) (genotype T8)
3.3.2.8 Trichinella T9 Nagano et al. (1999) (genotype T9) -- 3.3.2.9 Trichinella patagoniensis Krivokapich et al. (2012) (genotype T12) -- 3.3.2.10 Trichinella chanchalensis Sharma et al. (2020) (genotype T13) -- 3.4 Phylogeny of the Trichinella genus -- 3.5 Zoogeography of the Trichinella genus -- 3.6 The key for Trichinella taxon identification -- 3.6.1 Parasite morphology -- 3.6.2 Biological features -- 3.6.2.1 Freeze resistance -- 3.6.2.2 In vitro movements of muscle larvae -- 3.6.2.3 Infectivity for rats -- 3.6.3 Biochemical identification of Trichinella taxa
Subject Trichinella.
Trichinosis.
Trichinella
Trichinellosis
Trichinella
Trichinosis
Form Electronic book
Author Bruschi, Fabrizio, 1954-
ISBN 9780128212677
0128212675