Trichinosis is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of the Trichinellaspecies.
Epidemiology
Pork sausages eaten raw by consumers caused an outbreak of trichinellosis in 2015 in France | Caroline Ruetsch, Pascal Delaunay, Alexis Armengaud, Françoise Peloux-Petiot, Jean Dupouy-Camet, Isabelle Vallée, Bruno Polack, Pascal Boireau and Pierre Marty – (2016). “Inadequate labeling of pork sausages prepared in Corsica causing a trichinellosis outbreak in France”. Parasite 23: 27. DOI:10.1051/parasite/2016027. PMID 27317463. ISSN 1776-1042., CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49736702
Life cycle:
Life cycle of Trichinella spiralis | CDC – http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx/images/ParasiteImages/S-Z/Trichinellosis/Trichinella_LifeCycle.gif, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=784317
Aetiology
Trichinella larva in pressed bear meat, partially digested with pepsin. | By CDC DPDx – https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/trichinellosis/gallery.html#larvaebear, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=41852029
