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From wildlife to humans: The global distribution of Trichinella species and genotypes in wildlife and wildlife-associated human trichinellosis

“… Country Sampling location in Country Number of humans infected (probable and confirmed) Animal species implicated How meat was prepared (If specified) Date of outbreak Reference South Korea Kochang-gun, Kyongsangnam-do 3 Badger ( Meles meles melanogenys ) Raw liver, spleen, blood, and muscle December 1997 ( Sohn et al, 2000 , 2003 ) a South Korea Gangwon-do 5 Wild boar ( Sus scrofa ) Not specified February 2001 Rhee et al (2011) South Korea Gangwon-do 4 Wild boar ( S . scrofa ) Not specified February 2002 ( Kim et al, 2003 ; Rhee et al, 2011 ) a Trichinella species were identified using molecular methods a few years after outbreak. …”

“…Prevalence of human trichinellosis of wildlife origin is likely both underdiagnosed and underreported, especially in low-middle income countries and in remote regions of developed countries because of the lack of diagnostic capacity and access to healthcare services ( Chavez-Ruvalcaba et al, 2021 ), along with non-specific symptoms, lack of physician awareness, and lack of symptoms at low infection doses ( Pozio, 2007a ). It is interesting to note that in several cases described above, a particular species of Trichinella was detected in a geographic region where humans were infected from consumption of endemic wildlife (humans serving as sentinels), but there were no reports from wildlife directly, thus highlighting the lack of wildlife studies in many regions of the world ( Chotmongkol et al, 2005 ; Intapan et al, 2011 ; Kim et al, 2003 ; Rhee et al, 2011 ; Sohn et al, 2000 ).…”