Trichinella zimbabwensis

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-

3.11.1. Trichinella zimbabwensis in Africa

T. zimbabwensis has been reported in two poikilotherms, Nile crocodiles ( Crocodylus niloticus ) and Nile monitor lizards ( Varanus niloticus ) in South Africa and Zimbabwe ( La Grange et al., 2009; Mukaratirwa et al., 2017; Pozio et al., 2002, 2007) and in four terrestrial mammals in

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South Africa ( Table 31). The genotyped infections reported to date have been restricted to Eastern and Southern African regions, however a presumed, but ungenotyped case of T. zimbabwensis was reported in Ethiopia in a Nile crocodile ( Pozio et al., 2007). A confirmed report of T. zimbabwensis was also reported from Mozambique in a farmed Nile crocodile which indicates that the geographic range of T. zimbabwensis is likely larger than currently known ( Pozio et al., 2007). To date there have been no reported human infections with T. zimbabwensis .