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. 2024 Jul 26;36:e00239. doi: 10.1016/j.fawpar.2024.e00239

Table 2.

Biology of Trichinella species/subtypes/genotypes.

Genotype Lineage designation/name General location Muscle phase encapsulated Main hosts Additional references
T1 Trichinella spiralis (Owen, 1835) Railliet, 1895 Cosmopolitan Yes Suids, rodents, humans Dame et al. (1987);Zarlenga and Gamble (1990);La Rosa et al. (1992); Pozio et al. (1992b); Lichtenfels et al. (1983); Zarlenga et al. (2002); Murrell et al., (2000); Pozio and Murrell (2006);Zarlenga and La Rosa (2000);Zarlenga et al. (2020);Pozio and Zarlenga (2021)
T2 Trichinella nativaBritov and Boev, 1972 Circumpolar Arctic Yes Suids, carnivores Lichtenfels et al., 1983); Pozio et al. (1992a);La Rosa et al. (1992); Murrell et al. (2000); Pozio and Murrell (2006),Pozio and Zarlenga (2021)
T3 Trichinella britovi Pozio, La Rosa, Murrell, Lichtenfels, 1992b Temperate Europe and Northern Africa Yes Suids, carnivores Pozio et al. (1992a); La Rosa et al. (1992);Murrell et al. (2000); Pozio and Murrell (2006); Pozio and Zarlenga (2021)
T4 Trichinella pseudospiralis,Garkavi, 1972 Cosmopolitan No Mammals, birds Lichtenfels et al. (1983); Pozio et al. (1992a); La Rosa et al. (1992); Zarlenga et al. (1996);Murrell et al. (2000); Pozio and Murrell, 2006) Pozio and Zarlenga (2021)
T5 Trichinella murrelliPozio and La Rosa, 2000 Temperate North America Yes Carnivores Zarlenga et al. (1991);Pozio and Zarlenga (2021)
T6 Trichinella genotype T6
(Pozio, La Rosa, Murrell, Lichtenfels, 1992a)
Northern temperate North America Yes Carnivores Pozio et al. (1992b);Murrell et al. (2000);La Rosa et al. (1992);Pozio and Murrell (2006);Pozio et al. (2009);Pozio and Zarlenga (2021)
T7 Trichinella nelsoni,Britov and Boev, 1972 Southeastern Africa Yes Carnivores La Rosa et al. (1992);Pozio et al. (1992b);Murrell et al. (2000);Pozio and Murrell (2006);Pozio and Zarlenga (2021)
T8 Trichinella genotype T8
(Pozio, La Rosa, Murrell, Lichtenfels, 1992b)
Southern Africa Yes Carnivores La Rosa et al. (1992); Pozio et al. (1992);Murrell et al. (2000);Pozio et al. (2009);Pozio and Murrell, (2006)
T9 Trichinella genotype T9
(Pozio, La Rosa, Murrell, Lichtenfels, 1992b)
Japan Yes Carnivores Nagano et al. (1999)*; Murrell et al. (2000);Pozio and Murrell (2006);Pozio et al. (2009);Pozio and Zarlenga (2021)
T10 Trichinella papuae,Pozio, Owen, La Rosa, Sacchi, Rossi, Corona, 1999 Southeast Asia No Suids, crocodiles Murrell et al. (2000);Pozio and Murrell (2006)
T11 Trichinella zimbabwensisPozio, Foggin, Marucci, LaRosa, Sacchi, Corona, Rossi, Mukaratirwa, 2002 Southern Africa No Crocodiles, reptiles Murrell et al. (2000);Pozio and Zarlenga, 2005, Pozio and Zarlenga, 2021
T12 Trichinella patagoniensisKrivokapich, Pozio, Gatti, Prous, Ribicich, Marucci, La Rosa, and Confalonieri, 2012
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Southern Temperate South America Yes Carnivores Murrell et al. (2000);Pozio and Zarlenga (2021)
T13 Trichinella chanchalensis,Sharma, Thompson, Hoberg, Scandrett, Konecsni, Harms, Kukka, Jung, Elkin, Mulders, Larter, Branigan, Pongracz, Wagner, Kafle, Lobanov, Rosenthal, and Jenkins, 2020 Northwest North America Yes Carnivores

In bold (USDA-affiliated).

* excepting Nagano et al 1999, all entries in this column were authored or co-authored with USDA scientists.