No confirmed cases of Taenia solium taeniasis in a group of recently arrived Sub-Saharan migrants to Italy
| Autor: | Sara Boccalini, Yesenia Castillo, Antonia Mantella, Alessandra Nicoletti, Hector H. Garcia, Alessandro Bartoloni, D. Aquilini, Annarita Botta, Marta Tilli, Lorenzo Zammarchi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Veterinary medicine Sub saharan Neurocysticercosis Cysticercosis Migrants Sub-Saharan Africa Taenia solium Taeniasis Biology mental disorders parasitic diseases medicine Immunology and Allergy Molecular Biology General Immunology and Microbiology Taenia species cysticercosis migrants neurocysticercosis taeniasis Taenia solium taeniasis medicine.disease False-positive result medicine.drug_formulation_ingredient Infectious Diseases |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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