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Trichinosis
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Trichinosis Definition Trichinosis is a disease caused by a roundworm (nematode) called Trichinella...relatively small, and symptoms will be moderate. In fact, many trichinosis infections are subclinical, which means that the symptoms are...
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trichinosis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
trichinosis or trichiniasis , parasitic disease caused by the roundworm Trichinella...to 20% of the adult population of the United States suffers from trichinosis at some time. In many people the disease exhibits no symptoms and is...
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Zoonoses
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...Hantavirus Lyme disease Plague Psittacosis Rabies Toxoplasmosis Trichinosis Zoonoses are infections caused by parasites, bacteria...larvae Bears, foxes, and other wild game; pigs and horses Trichinosis Psittacosis People who have contact with birds may be at...
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Salomon August Andrée
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...death, because ample food and fuel were found. However, in 1952 a Danish doctor proved that the deaths were caused by trichinosis contracted from polar bear meat. Although the team did not reach the North Pole, or even get near it, the expedition of...
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parasite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...animal and protist kingdoms; most are invertebrates, chiefly worms, e.g., the fluke , tapeworm , and trichina (see trichinosis ); arthropods, e.g., the flea and louse ; and protozoans. Among the protozoan parasites that cause human disease are...
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Corticosteroids, Systemic
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...fungoides optic neuritis pemphigus pneumonitis (aspiration) rheumatic carditis Stevens-Johnson syndrome thrombocytopenia trichinosis with nerve or heart involvement tuberculosis, disseminated and fulminating tuberculous meningitis ulcerative colitis Dexamethasone...
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Biopsy
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
...muscular disorders such as muscular dystrophy , to probe muscle metabolic activities, and to detect muscle infections such as trichinosis and toxoplasmosis. Biopsy of a muscle necessarily involves nerves, as muscle is highly infused by nerves. The small amount...
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Antihelmintics
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...are by the hookworm and whipworm, either of which can gain entrance to the body by penetrating the skin of a bare foot. Trichinosis derives from eating raw or undercooked pork containing the worm larva. Flat, segmented worms, also called tapeworms...
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Carlos Juan Finlay
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...addition to his work in the epidemiology of yellow fever, Finlay wrote extensively on ophthalmology, tuberculosis, tetanus, trichinosis, filariasis, leprosy, beriberi, cholera, and exophthalmic goiter. After the establishment of the Cuban Republic in...
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worm
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...parasitic nematodes include Filaria, the cause of filariasis, which may result in elephantiasis ; Trichinella, the cause of trichinosis ; Ascaris, an intestinal parasite of humans, horses, and pigs; the pinworm , a parasite common in children; the Guinea...
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