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What is trichinosis?
Trichinosis is a parasitic disease cause by eating under cooked pork and wild game and is caused by the trichina round worm.
What organism can be transmitted by contaminated pork?
The most well known organism that is transmitted by contaminated pork, and certain other meats, is the roundworm, Trichinella, which causes the disease called Trichinosis.
Is trichinosis a parasite?
Trichinosis is infection with the roundworm Trichinella spiralis
What is the infective stage of Trichinella spiralis and what disease does it cause?
Encysted larvae and the disease is called trichinosis or trichinelosis
What are some symptoms of the trichinosis disease?
Trichinosis disease is a parasitic disease that is caused by eating raw or undercooked pork or wild game that has been infected with the larvae of roundworm. Some of the symptoms of trichinosis are fever, chills, muscle soreness and pain, itching and joint pain. It also can cause intestinal and abdominal discomfort such as diarrhea and nausea.
How many people die from trichinosis?
The mortality rate of trichinosis is about 1%
Will eating pork rinds cause trichinosis?
Pork Rinds are deep fried in canola oil to a CRISP. Nothing in this world will survive that heat temperature so pork rinds are safe. Trichinosis only lerks in under cooked pork.
Is there a test for men with trichinosis?
The blood test that is the most specific for trichinosis is the bentonite flocculation (BF) test.
What are serious cases of trichinosis?
In very severe cases of trichinosis, inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis ), lungs (pneumonitis), or brain (encephalitis) may occur. These symptoms can lead to the few deaths caused by trichinosis.
What is pathogenic?
A pathogen is an organism that can cause a disease.
What is the only organism that can cause epidemics of meningitis?
N. meningitidis is the only organism that can cause epidemics of meningitis.
What phobia is the fear of trichinosis?
trichinophobia
