Title
No confirmed cases of Taenia solium taeniasis in a group of recently arrived Sub-Saharan migrants to Italy
Date Issued
01 December 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Zammarchi L.
Tilli M.
Mantella A.
Botta A.
Nicoletti A.
Aquilini D.
Boccalini S.
Bartoloni A.
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
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.
Volume
8
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Parasitología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85076897033
Source
Pathogens
ISSN of the container
20760817
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported by “Bando 2016 per finanziamento di progetti competitivi per ricercatori a tempo determinato dell’ Università di Firenze”. We thank Lorenzo Baggiani, Sergio Massai, Laura Tattini, Massimo Tilli and Antonio Tocchini (Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Dipartimento Rete Sanitaria Territoriale, SOS Coordinamento Sanitario dei Servizi) for having guaranteed, at an organizational level, the participation to this study of the structures of the territorial network of the Azienda USL Toscana Centro, National Health Service. We thank Lorenzo Fratini (Cooperativa sociale il Cenacolo), Nicoletta Ulivi (Opera Santarita Fondazione Onlus) and Federica Porfido (Cooperativa Sociale Albatros 1973) for the opportunity to conduct the screening inside the reception centers they represent, and for taking care of the logistical aspects of the information events on healthcare, especially for providing assistance from the personnel of the centers and cultural mediators when needed. We thank Maria Jos? Cald?s Pinilla, Global Health Centre, Tuscany Region, for the networking activities.
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