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ArticleParasites & vectors2018

Multilocus genotype analysis outlines distinct histories for Trichinella britovi in the neighboring Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia.

Giuseppe La Rosa, Isabelle Vallée, Gianluca Marucci, François Casabianca, Ennio Bandino, Fabio Galati, Pascal Boireau, Edoardo Pozio

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Giuseppe La RosaEuropean Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Isabelle ValléeAnimal Health Laboratory, OIE Collaborating Centre for Foodborne Zoonotic Parasites, JRU BIPAR, Anses, ENVA, INRA, Université Paris Est, Maisons-Alfort, France.
Gianluca MarucciAnimal Health Laboratory, OIE Collaborating Centre for Foodborne Zoonotic Parasites, JRU BIPAR, Anses, ENVA, INRA, Université Paris Est, Maisons-Alfort, France.
François CasabiancaINRA, Corte, France.
Ennio BandinoIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna, Nuoro, Italy.
Fabio GalatiEuropean Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Pascal BoireauAnimal Health Laboratory, OIE Collaborating Centre for Foodborne Zoonotic Parasites, JRU BIPAR, Anses, ENVA, INRA, Université Paris Est, Maisons-Alfort, France.
Edoardo PozioEuropean Union Reference Laboratory for Parasites, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. edoardo.pozio@iss.it.
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · ITÉcole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort · FRIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sardegna · ITLaboratoire de Recherches sur le Développement de l'Elevage · FROrganisation Mondiale de la Santé Animale · FR

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DG SANTE, European Commission 2013-2016 funds
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe zoonotic nematode Trichinella britovi was discovered in two neighboring Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia, almost simultaneously at the beginning of the 21st century. An epidemiological link between the two parasite populations was generally assumed. In 2015, an outbreak of trichinellosis in Nice, the South of France, was reportedly caused by the consumption of raw pork delicatessen imported from Corsica. The aims of the present study were to investigate, by multilocus genotype (MLG) analyses, the hypothesis of the common origin of the Corsican and Sardinian T. britovi foci and to trace "from fork to farm" the origin of the pork product, which caused a trichinellosis outbreak in mainland France in 2015.

methodsSixty-three T. britovi isolates were collected from animals and pork products of Sardinia and Corsica islands and from mainland of Italy, France and Spain. We analyzed genetic variability at four polymorphic microsatellite loci by two independent algorithms, the Bayesian and multivariate analyses, to evaluate the genetic relationships of 1367 single larvae.

resultsTrichinella britovi isolates of the two islands showed different genetic structures and the Bayesian analysis revealed a different membership of the two insular populations. Furthermore, two geographically separate genetic groups were identified among Corsican isolates. Lastly, the origin of the pork delicatessen marketed in Nice was linked to a breeder-butcher in Corsica.

conclusionsThe low level of genetic admixture of the insular T. britovi isolates suggests that this pathogen colonized the two islands by separate events. On the other hand in Corsica, although the isolates share the same genetic structure, geographically separate isolates showed different membership. We suggest the MLG analysis as a suitable method in supporting epidemiological investigations to trace "from fork to farm" insular populations of T. britovi.

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AnimalsAnimals, WildFranceGenotypeItalyMeatMeat ProductsMediterranean IslandsMultilocus Sequence TypingSwineSwine DiseasesTrichinellaTrichinellosisFoxMediterranean islandsMicrosatelliteMolecular epidemiologyPigPork productsTrichinella britoviTrichinellosisWild boar

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