The possibility that an unrelated disease process may alter the reaction to the trichinella skin test was uncovered in the course of an investigation on the incidence of trichinosis. A higher percentage of positive skin reactions to trichinella antigen (18.3 per cent) was obtained in 674 patients with active tuberculosis confined in 3 sanatoria, than was found in 335 patients without tuberculos...

Background Endemic human trichinellosis has been rare in Norway, Sweden and Finland. In Norway the last outbreak involving five persons is from 1953 and before that there were reported six epidemics with 711 patients since 1881 (reference in [1]). In Sweden 10 outbreaks involving 504 patients were documented 1917-1969 (reference in [2]). In Finland only eight human cases have been reported sinc...

Trichinella papuae and Trichinella zimbab-wensis induce infection in experimentally infected varans, caimans, pythons and turtles. Trichinellosis: recommendations on methods for the control of Trichinella in domestic and wild animals intended for human consumption. La Rosa G. PCR-derived methods for the identification of Trichinella parasites from animal and human samples. The identification an...

LARSH, JOHN E., JR., OTTOLENGHI, ATHOS, AND WEATHERLY, NORMAN F. 1975. Trichinella spiralis: Phospholipase in sensitized mice after challenge. Experimental Parasitology 37, 233-238. Mice given three sensitizing infections with Trichinella spiralis and then challenged with 400 larvae showed greatly elevated phospholipase B levels in the small intestine from one through 20 days after challenge; b...

PURPOSE The production of IgE increases in parasitic invasions, triggering local or systemic inflammatory response with the involvement of blood platelets. The aim of the study was to assess the number and morphological parameters of blood platelets as well as their phagocytic and bactericidal activity in patients with Trichinella spiralis infection. It is interesting to investigate the blood p...

The first part of this review article deals with classical methods used for the detection of Trichinella larvae in muscle samples of those animal species which are recognized as traditional sources of trichinellosis for human beings, as well as those species which are important for epidemiological reasons. Special consideration is given to the main applications of these methods (routine slaught...