Creation Date : 23 January 2014
Name : Trichinella spiralis
Type : Grass
Attack 1 : ENCYSTED LARVAE
-ingestion of undercooked muscle
-encysted larvae is digested
-burrow beneath epithelium-become adults
- Later encyst in MUSCLE
Attack 2 : Dx
-Eosinophilia + Larvae in Muscle
-Kill with Abendazole or Mebendazole
-In pork, bears, seal, deer meat
-HUMANS DEAD-END HOST
Illustrator : Nematode/ Roundworm