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Descriptions

Trichinosis, also called trichinellosis, or trichiniasis, is a parasitic disease caused by eating raw or undercooked pork and wild game products infected with the larvae of a species of roundworm Trichinella spiralis , commonly called the trichina worm. The few cases in the United States are mostly the result of eating undercooked game or home reared pigs. It is most common in the developing world and where pigs are commonly fed raw garbage. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Trichinella spiralis (Wikipedia)

A parasite of carnivorous mammals that causes TRICHINOSIS. It is especially common in rats and in swine fed uncooked garbage. Human infection is initiated by the consumption of raw or insufficiently cooked pork or other meat containing the encysted larvae. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Trichinella spiralis
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
T spiralis

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Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 旋毛形线虫
Synonyms: 旋毛形线虫病;旋毛虫;旋毛虫病
fr-CA French (Canada) Trichinella spiralis
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Trichinella spiralis
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Trichinella spiralis
it-IT Italian (Italy) Trichinella spiralis
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Trichinella spiralis
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Trichinella spiralis
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) Trichinella spiralis
fr-BE French (Belgium) Trichinella spiralis