Trichinella spiralis

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Trichinella spiralis /
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  • Pork tapeworm
  • Can complete its life cycle in a human, pig, boar, bear, walrus, fox, and other animals
  • Life cycle involves ingestion of meat with cysts, which develop into adult worms, which release eggs, which invade through gut mucosa and migrate to muscle, where it becomes a muscle cyst
  • Can cause an eosinophilic myositis