NATIVE TRICHINOSIS IN WILD RODENTS IN HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Abstract
Encapsulated larvae of Trichinella spiralis were found in wild-trapped, Microtus pennsylvanicus and Sigmodon hispidus [new host records]. Peromyscus leucopus and Mus musculus were also infected. These mammals were trapped from a farm site in Henrico County, Virginia remote from known potential sources of trichinosis. The possible zoonotic relationship between wild rodent trichinosis and swine trichinosis is discussed.

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