MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH annotation : 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;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichinella spiralis;
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.