1. The First Report of Trichinella britovi in Armenia
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Alexander Malkhasyan, Isabelle Vallée, Sargis A. Aghayan, Hasmik Gevorgyan, Gregory Karadjian, Gohar G. Grigoryan, Yerevan State University, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia [Yerevan] (NAS RA), World Wide Fund (WWF), Biologie moléculaire et immunologie parasitaires et fongiques (BIPAR), École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Dozulé, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), and École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Dozulé
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Larva ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Fox ,biology ,Short Communication ,fungi ,Zoology ,Trichinella ,Trichinella britovi ,Armenia ,biology.organism_classification ,Otter ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,[SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology ,Infectious Diseases ,Wild boar ,Genus ,biology.animal ,Lynx ,parasitic diseases ,Multiplex polymerase chain reaction ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Parasitology - Abstract
Background: More than a hundred species of mammals, birds, and reptiles are infected by nematodes of the Trichinella genus worldwide. Although, Trichinella spp. are widely distributed in neighboring countries including Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran, no study was conducted in Armenia since 1980’s. Methods: In 2017-2018, five muscle samples belonging to Armenian lynx, otter, wild boar, fox and wolf were tested for Trichinella spp. and recovered larvae were identified by multiplex PCR technique. Results: Twenty-six larvae/gram and one larva/gram were found in lynx and fox samples respectively. They were identified as T. britovi. Conclusion: So far only two species were identified in Armenia, T. spiralis and T. pseudospiralis, and this is the first time that T. britovi is reported in Armenia.
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- 2020
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