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Freeze-resistant Trichinella (Trichinella nativa) Established on the Scandinavian Peninsula

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Until the 1970’s, Trichinella spiralis (Owen 1835) was considered the only species within the genus Trichinella. Then T. pseudospiralis (Garkavi 1972) was classified as a separate species on the basis of morphological and biological features. The remaining morphologically homogenous “T. spiralis-group” has been split into 4 different species (or subspecies) on the basis of their biological and biochemical characteristics; T. nativa (Britov & Boev 1972), T. nelsoni (Britov & Boev 1972), T. spiralis sensu stricto and T. britovi (Pozio et al. 1992).

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  1. State Veterinary Laboratory for Northern Norway, P.O. Box 652, N-9401, Harstad, Norway

    Kjell Handeland & Trond Slettbakk

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Microbiology and Food Hygiene, Section of Parasitology, Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine, Oslo, Norway

    Oddvar Helle

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Handeland, K., Slettbakk, T. & Helle, O. Freeze-resistant Trichinella (Trichinella nativa) Established on the Scandinavian Peninsula. Acta Vet Scand 36, 149–151 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547712

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