Opisthorchis felineus, an emerging infection in Italy and its implication for the European Union

Pozio, Edoardo; Armignacco, Orlando; Ferri, Fred F.; Morales, María Ángeles Gómez

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.01.005

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“…Locally transmitted human infection has been reported in Germany and Italy, with a recent outbreak reported from the region around Lake Bolsena (17) . An estimated 1.2 million people are affected worldwide, predominantly in Russia (5) .…”

Section: Affected Populationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human liver flukes

Harrington

Lamberton

McGregor

2017

The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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Section: Affected Populationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human liver flukes

Harrington

Lamberton

McGregor

2017

The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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“…All infections were acquired in Italy through the consumption of contaminated marinated tench fillets (Tinca tinca) (Pozio et al, 2013). EFSA (2010) delivered a scientific opinion on parasites in fishery products, including opisthorchiasis, but this information brings new developments that may deserve attention.…”

Section: Description Of the Issuementioning

confidence: 99%

Annual report of the Emerging Risks Exchange Network 2013

2014

EFSA Supporting Publications

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EFSA established an Emerging Risks Exchange Network (EREN) to exchange information between EFSA and the MSs on possible emerging risks for food and feed safety in 2010. The Network is currently composed of delegates from 21 Member States and an EFTA country (Norway) designated through the Advisory Forum of EFSA and observers from the European Commission, EU pre-accession countries, the Food and Drug Administration of the USA (FDA) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). The Network met three times during 2013. The Network discussed a total of 16 signals of potential emerging issues that were presented and assessed using a standard template developed by the Scientific Committee and Emerging Risks unit of EFSA. Out of these signals, 10 originated from EFSA and six from Member States. The issues discussed were from the areas of microbiological hazards, biotoxins, chemical hazards, illegal activity, new consumer consumption trends, new technologies and processes, animal health, environmental pollution, new analytical methods and new food packaging technology. The issues that merit further consideration will be discussed by EFSA's Scientific Committee Standing Working Group on Emerging Risks.

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“…However, C. sinensis has also been reported from sylvatic animals such as martins, civet cats, badgers, monkeys, weasels, muskrats, foxes and rice rats (Mas-Coma and Bargues, 1997; Hung et al, 2013;. The role of sylvatic reservoir hosts is very important in the epidemiology of O. felineus, which has an even wider spectrum of final hosts; it has been reported from domestic (e.g., cats, dogs, pigs), synanthropic (e.g., muskrats, rats) and 28 wild animals (e.g., otters, polecats, polar and red foxes, sable, seals, wild boar, wolverines) (Mordvinov et al, 2012;Pozio et al, 2013;Chai et al, 2005).…”

Section: Epidemiological Role Of the Intermediate And Reservoir Hostsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Metacercariae of C. sinensis have been recovered from fish belonging to the genera Acanthogobius, Abbottina, Carassius, Cirrhinus, Crassiodes, Cultrichthys, Cyprinus, Ctenopharyngodon, Erythroculter, Gnathopogon, Hemibarbus, Hemiculter, Hypomesus, Hypophthalmichthys, Ischikauia, Opsariicthys, Oreochromis, Parabramis, Pseudogobio, Pseudorabora, Pungtungia, Rhodeus, Sarcocheilichthys, Toxobramus, Xenocypris, and Zacco (WHO, 1995;Hung et al, 2013 (Erhardt et al, 1962;Pozio et al, 2013;Pakharukova and Mordvinov, 2016). There are reports of shrimp found infected with metacercariae that morphologically were identified as C. sinensis (Chen et al, 2010), but follow up studies to verify their identity do not appear to have been conducted.…”

Section: Epidemiological Role Of the Intermediate And Reservoir Hostsmentioning

confidence: 99%