Pozio E
Parasitol Today. 1998 Jan;14(1):35-8. doi: 10.1016/s0169-4758(97)01165-4.
Trichinellosis, one of the most widespread helminthic zoonoses, is still endemic in most countries of the European Union. In the past few years, advanced biotechnology has been used to re-examine the taxonomy, epidemiology and life cycles of aetiological agents, providing additional information on the main factors contributing to the maintenance of these parasites in Nature. The old concept that pigs and rats are the main hosts of Trichinella spiralis, as still reported in many books, has been re-evaluated thoroughly. In this review, Edoardo Pozio summarizes the epidemiology and ecology of human and animal trichinellosis, quantifies the economic impact of this zoonosis and suggests methods of controlling this infection that would result in a great reduction in costs.
旋毛虫病是最广泛传播的蠕虫性人畜共患病之一，在欧盟大多数国家仍然流行。在过去几年中，先进的生物技术已被用于重新审视病原体的分类学、流行病学和生命周期，为自然界中这些寄生虫的维持的主要因素提供了更多信息。许多书籍中仍在报道的猪和大鼠是旋毛虫主要宿主这一旧观念已被彻底重新评估。在这篇综述中，爱德华多·波齐总结了人类和动物旋毛虫病的流行病学和生态学，量化了这种人畜共患病的经济影响，并提出了控制这种感染的方法，这将大大降低成本。
