Trichinella britovi

Malone, Cody J., Oksanen, Antti, Mukaratirwa, Samson, Sharma, Rajnish & Jenkins, Emily, 2024, From wildlife to humans: The global distribution of Trichinella species and genotypes in wildlife and wildlife-associated human trichinellosis, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 24, pp. 100934-100934 : 100934-

3.3.3. Trichinella britovi in Africa

Trichinella britovi has been reported in wildlife in the West African region with the first confirmed report from the Republic of Guinea in an African civet ( Viverra civetta ) and African palm civet ( Nandinia binotata ) ( Pozio et al., 2005b) ( Table 15). Pozio et al. (2005) speculates that

T. britovi reached the African continent as a result of colonization by carnivores from Europe and Eurasia ( Kingdon, 1997; Savage, 1978). No other species of Trichinella have been confirmed in wildlife from the West African region.