PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 19 Helminthic Infections
216 Trichinellosis and Other Tissue Nematode Infections
 | Figure 216-1 Life cycle of Trichinella spiralis (cosmopolitan); nelsoni (equatorial Africa); britovi (Europe, western Africa, western Asia); nativa (Arctic); murrelli (North America); |
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 | Figure 216-2 Trichinella larva encysted in a characteristic hyalinized capsule in striated muscle tissue. (Photo/Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health. Reprinted from MMWR 53:606, 2004; public domain.) |
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 | Figure 216-3 Life cycle of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lung worm), found in Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands, Cuba, Australia, Japan, China, Mauritius, and U.S. ports. CNS, central nervous system. [Reprinted from Guerrant RL et al (eds): Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens... |
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