Trichinella spiralis (Webster and Kapel, 2005)

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3.1.2. Trichinella spiralis in Asia and Oceania

Trichinella spiralis has been reported in wildlife across Asia and Oceania, from Israel to Vietnam to New Zealand, in several carnivore species, as wells as wild rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) and a northern Sea lion ( Eumetopias jubatus ) ( Table 3). To date, there have been three reported human cases where the larvae were genotyped, all in South Korea, which is interesting as there have been no genotyped reports of T. spiralis directly from wildlife in South Korea ( Table 4). Larvae of Trichinella spp . have been detected in wildlife throughout Asia, most of which were not genotyped; therefore, the true range of T. spiralis in wildlife in Asia is likely larger than currently described.