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Trichinosis is infection with the roundworm Trichinella spiralis.Trichinosis is a disease caused by eating undercooked meat containing cysts of Trichinella spiralis. Trichinella spiralis can be found in pork, bear, walrus, fox, rat, horse, and lio...
Source:ADAM
Date:December 3, 2008
Trichinosis is a disease caused by a roundworm(nematode) called Trichinella spiralis. An individual worm of this species is called a trichina, from the Greek word meaning"hairlike."
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Trichinosis is a disease caused by the invasion of the human body by the larval stage of the parasitic nematode worm Trichinella spiralis. Characteristically, humans are infected by eating poorly cooked pork, but infection sometimes follows eating...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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