Vincent and Dick trace the life cycle of Trichinella spiralis in an infected host.
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
- Trichinella life cycle
- Newborn larva entering muscle cell
- Adult T. spiralis in columnar epithelial cell
- Adult female T. spiralis
- Infective first stage T. spiralis larva in Nurse cell in muscle tissue
- Adult female T. spiralis with fully formed larvae in uterus
- Adult male T. spiralis with claspers on tail
- Clinical correlations in trichinosis
- Letters read on TWiP #4
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