No confirmed cases of Taenia solium taeniasis in a group of recently arrived Sub-Saharan migrants to Italy

Lorenzo Zammarchi; Marta Tilli; Antonia Mantella; Annarita Botta; Alessandra Nicoletti; Héctor Hugo García; Yesenia Castillo; Donatella Aquilini; Sara Boccalini; Alessandro Bartoloni

doi:10.3390/pathogens8040296

No confirmed cases of Taenia solium taeniasis in a group of recently arrived Sub-Saharan migrants to Italy

Lorenzo Zammarchi
, Marta Tilli
, Antonia Mantella
, Annarita Botta
, Alessandra Nicoletti
, Héctor Hugo García
, Yesenia Castillo
, Donatella Aquilini
, Sara Boccalini
, Alessandro Bartoloni

University of Florence
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
University of Catania
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas
Hospital of Prato
University of Florence

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

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.

Original language	English
Article number	296
Journal	Pathogens
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040296
State	Published - Dec 2019

Keywords

Cysticercosis
Migrants
Neurocysticercosis
Sub-Saharan Africa
Taenia solium
Taeniasis

Access to Document

10.3390/pathogens8040296

Cite this

@article{2eda744c397b41c19f60efb89ba10d16,

title = "No confirmed cases of Taenia solium taeniasis in a group of recently arrived Sub-Saharan migrants to Italy",

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.",

keywords = "Cysticercosis, Migrants, Neurocysticercosis, Sub-Saharan Africa, Taenia solium, Taeniasis",

author = "Lorenzo Zammarchi and Marta Tilli and Antonia Mantella and Annarita Botta and Alessandra Nicoletti and Garc{\'i}a, \{H{\'e}ctor Hugo\} and Yesenia Castillo and Donatella Aquilini and Sara Boccalini and Alessandro Bartoloni",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",

year = "2019",

month = dec,

doi = "10.3390/pathogens8040296",

language = "Ingl{\'e}s",

volume = "8",

journal = "Pathogens",

issn = "2076-0817",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - No confirmed cases of Taenia solium taeniasis in a group of recently arrived Sub-Saharan migrants to Italy

AU - Zammarchi, Lorenzo

AU - Tilli, Marta

AU - Mantella, Antonia

AU - Botta, Annarita

AU - Nicoletti, Alessandra

AU - García, Héctor Hugo

AU - Castillo, Yesenia

AU - Aquilini, Donatella

AU - Boccalini, Sara

AU - Bartoloni, Alessandro

PY - 2019/12

Y1 - 2019/12

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Cysticercosis

KW - Migrants

KW - Neurocysticercosis

KW - Sub-Saharan Africa

KW - Taenia solium

KW - Taeniasis

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85076897033

U2 - 10.3390/pathogens8040296

DO - 10.3390/pathogens8040296

M3 - Artículo

AN - SCOPUS:85076897033

SN - 2076-0817

VL - 8

JO - Pathogens

JF - Pathogens

IS - 4

M1 - 296

ER -

No confirmed cases of Taenia solium taeniasis in a group of recently arrived Sub-Saharan migrants to Italy

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this