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No Confirmed Cases of Taenia solium Taeniasis in a Group of Recently Arrived Sub-Saharan Migrants to Italy

Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: One-hundred and sixty-four migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa to Italy were screened with the Taenia solium specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay coproantigen (ELISA CoAg) and four (2.4%) were recorded as positive, but with optical density values near to the cut-off. No ELISA CoAg positive samples were confirmed by parasitological methods. Low positivity could be attributed to false positive result or cross-reaction with other Taenia species. Further studies are needed to assess the role of migration on sporadic autochthonous transmission of T. solium taeniasis/cysticercosis in Europe.
Source: Pathogens
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8040296
Authors: Lorenzo Zammarchi, Marta Tilli, Antonia Mantella, Annarita Botta, Alessandra Nicoletti, Héctor Hugo García, Yesenia Castillo, Donatella Aquilini, Sara Boccalini, Alessandro Bartoloni
Institutions: Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi, Regione Toscana, University of Florence, University of Catania, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas, Hospital of Prato
Language: English
Subfield: Parasitology
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,317
OpenAlex ID: W2995780945
FWCI: 0.428
Cites: 14
Cited by: 4
Related to: 10