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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Helminths > Nematoda > Adenophorea > Enoplida > Trichuroidea > Trichinella > Trichinella spiralis

Preferred term

Trichinella spiralis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • spiralis, Trichina
  • Trichina spirali
  • Trichina spiralis

Note

  • a species of nematode common in rats & swine; infection: coord IM with TRICHINELLOSIS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, HELMINTH, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH

Scope note

  • A parasite of carnivorous mammals that causes TRICHINELLOSIS. 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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017160

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