Giangaspero Annunziata, Berrilli Federica, Brandonisio Olga
Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni, dell'Ingegneria e della Meccanica e dell'Economia Applicate ai Sistemi Agro-Zootecnici, University of Foggia, 71100, Foggia, Italy.
Parasitol Res. 2007 Oct;101(5):1169-82. doi: 10.1007/s00436-007-0598-4. Epub 2007 Jun 26.
Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp. are protozoa that cause human and animal disease worldwide and often exhibit zoonotic transmission. This review gives ample information concerning the epidemiology of these parasites in Italy, i.e. prevalence data in humans, farm and pet animals, shellfish and aquatic environment. Moreover, it reports genotyping results obtained from different isolates, with particular emphasis on the spread of host-specific and zoonotic species/genotypes of various origin, and on molecular data that make the Italian situation different from that of other countries. Finally, possible explanations are given for the infrequent reports of Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp. outbreaks, despite widespread faecal contamination by these parasites.
贾第虫属和隐孢子虫属是在全球范围内引发人类和动物疾病且常呈现人畜共患传播的原生动物。本综述提供了关于这些寄生虫在意大利的流行病学的丰富信息，即人类、农场动物和宠物、贝类及水生环境中的流行率数据。此外，它报告了从不同分离株获得的基因分型结果，特别强调了各种来源的宿主特异性和人畜共患物种/基因型的传播，以及使意大利情况有别于其他国家的分子数据。最后，针对尽管这些寄生虫造成广泛粪便污染，但贾第虫属和隐孢子虫属暴发报告却很少这一情况给出了可能的解释。
