Patamia Ildebrando, Nicotra Piermario, Amodeo Davide, Giuliano Loretta, Cicero Calogero Edoardo, Nicoletti Alessandra
Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Biotecnologiche, Sezione di Microbiologia, Università di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 89, 95123, Catania, Italy.
C.A.R.A. di Mineo Centro di Accoglienza per Richiedenti Asilo, Piazza Buglio 40, 95044, Mineo, CT, Italy.
Neurol Sci. 2017 Jun;38(6):1105-1107. doi: 10.1007/s10072-017-2899-4. Epub 2017 Mar 13.
A dramatic increasing immigration flow was recorded in Europe during the last years. Only in Sicily 120,239 people arrived in 2014. Immigrants may carry neglected tropical diseases endemic in their origin countries. The aim of our study was to evaluate the frequency of geo-helminthiasis, and in particular of intestinal taeniasis, in a sample of migrants hosted in a large asylum seeker centre in the province of Catania. A stool sample was obtained from all the enrolled subjects and a coproparasitological examination was performed. Out of the 274 enrolled subjects (249 men; mean age 26.4 ± 6.2), 30 (11%) carried at least one helminthic infestation. Ancylostomatidae, Trichuris trichiura and Taenia species (spp) were the most common, the latter found in 6 (2.16%) subjects. T. solium carriers can represent a focus of infection for the more complex neurocysticercosis. Even if coproparasitological examination did not allow us to differentiate Taenia spp, we cannot exclude the presence of T. solium carriers among these subjects. Further studies, including coproantigen ELISA to detect Taenia spp, should be carried out in larger samples to better estimate the real burden of T. solium carriers.
在过去几年中，欧洲记录到移民流入量急剧增加。仅在西西里岛，2014年就有120,239人抵达。移民可能携带其原籍国流行的被忽视的热带病。我们研究的目的是评估卡塔尼亚省一个大型寻求庇护者中心收容的移民样本中geo-helminthiasis（土源性蠕虫病），特别是肠道绦虫病的感染频率。从所有登记的受试者中获取粪便样本并进行粪便寄生虫学检查。在274名登记受试者（249名男性；平均年龄26.4±6.2岁）中，30人（11%）至少感染了一种蠕虫。钩虫科、鞭虫和绦虫属是最常见的，后者在6名（2.16%）受试者中被发现。猪带绦虫携带者可能是更复杂的神经囊尾蚴病的感染源。即使粪便寄生虫学检查无法让我们区分绦虫属，我们也不能排除这些受试者中存在猪带绦虫携带者。应该对更大的样本进行进一步研究，包括使用粪便抗原酶联免疫吸附测定法来检测绦虫属，以便更好地估计猪带绦虫携带者的实际负担。
