Tab. I.

Selected characteristics of the 8 studies included in the systematic review.

Period of outbreak	Place of outbreak	Diagnosis technique	Identification of Trichinella spp.	Source of infection	Infected toll (number of confirmed cases)	Source
1990	Piedmont	n/s	Spiralis	Wild Boar	11	[16]
1990	Apulia	n/s	Spiralis	Horse (imported)	500	[16]
1991	Basilicata	n/s	Britovi	Pig	6	[16]
1993	Tuscany	n/s	Britovi	Pig	4	[16]
1995	Abruzzo	n/s	Britovi	Wild Boar	23	[16]
1996	Abruzzo	n/s	Britovi	Wild Boar	10	[16]
1996	Basilicata	n/s	Britovi	Pig	3	[16]
1998	Emilia Romagna	n/s	Spiralis	Horse (imported)	92	[16]
2000	Apulia	n/s	Spiralis	Horse (imported)	36	[16]
2001	Lazio (imported)	ELISA	--	Pig	7+1	[21]
2002	Abruzzo	n/s	--	Wild Boar	2	[17]*
2005-2007	Sardinia	PCR/ELISA	Britovi	Pig	20	[18, 20]
2008	Veneto (Imported)	ELISA	--	Pig	4	[10]
2008	Piedmont	PCR/ELISA	Spiralis	Wild Boar	6	[19]
2012	Tuscany	PCR/ELISA	Britovi	Wild Boar	34	[17]
2016	Apulia	PCR/ELISA	Britovi	Wild Boar	5	[22]

n/s: not specified

*: unpublished data of Pozio et al. reported in the article.