Trichenilosis

Question 1

Trichinellosis caused by ?

Answer 1

nematodes (roundworms) of the genus Trichinella spiralis

Question 2

Type of host

Answer 2

wild and feral animal population, domestic animals, and dead-end human hosts.

Answer 3

Mature females release living larvae for 4 to 6 weeks and then die or are expelled.

Newborn larvae migrate through the bloodstream and lymphatic but ultimately survive only within striated skeletal muscle cell

Larvae fully encyst in 1 to 2 months and remain viable for several years as intracellular parasite

Question 4

What are the symptoms

Answer 4

gastrointestinal symptoms (diarrhea, abdominal pain, vomiting)

muscle tissues (one week after infection) can cause periorbital and facial edema, conjunctivitis, fever, myalgia, splinter hemorrhages, rashes, and peripheral eosinophilia

Occasional life-threatening manifestations include myocarditis, central nervous system involvement, and pneumoniti

Question 5

Diagnosis

Answer 5

ELA , ES