“In the United States, trichinellosis cases are reported to CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) much less commonly now than in the past. During the late 1940s, when the U.S. Public Health Service began counting cases of trichinellosis, 400 cases in the United States were recorded each year on average. During 2008-2010, 20 cases were reported to CDC each year on average.” [1]
During 1835, James Paget and Richard Owen were first to discover larvae of Trichinella in a human muscle during an autopsy. Mr. Paget collected some of the tissue so he could observe the roundworm more closely and he ended up reporting it to the zoological society in London about his findings of a new parasite.
The earliest case known of this infection belongs to an Egyptian named Makht. But no one knew about his infection until the time they examined a muscle of his mummified body and noticed it was containing a cyst in 1974. However, the infection had been seen numerous times before the observation made by Paget, it was just unknown. …show more content…
It’s a round-worm infection that uses a host body to reproduce and live. It occurs when animals and humans eat infected raw or undercooked meat. When someone ingests the infected meat, the larvae mature into adult worms that are in the intestine throughout several weeks. Then the adult worms start producing larvae and they travel through various tissues and muscles. It can infect and damage body tissues. The muscle tissue around the larvae can develop into nurse cells, protecting the larvae from the immune system; with allowing the larvae to live in the muscle tissue for up to two years after infection. “For humans, undercooked or raw pork and pork products, such as pork sausage, has been the meat most commonly responsible for transmitting the Trichinella parasites. It is a food-borne infection and not contagious from one human to another unless infected human muscle is eaten.”
During 1835, James Paget and Richard Owen were first to discover larvae of Trichinella in a human muscle during an autopsy. Mr. Paget collected some of the tissue so he could observe the roundworm more closely and he ended up reporting it to the zoological society in London about his findings of a new parasite.
The earliest case known of this infection belongs to an Egyptian named Makht. But no one knew about his infection until the time they examined a muscle of his mummified body and noticed it was containing a cyst in 1974. However, the infection had been seen numerous times before the observation made by Paget, it was just unknown. …show more content…
It’s a round-worm infection that uses a host body to reproduce and live. It occurs when animals and humans eat infected raw or undercooked meat. When someone ingests the infected meat, the larvae mature into adult worms that are in the intestine throughout several weeks. Then the adult worms start producing larvae and they travel through various tissues and muscles. It can infect and damage body tissues. The muscle tissue around the larvae can develop into nurse cells, protecting the larvae from the immune system; with allowing the larvae to live in the muscle tissue for up to two years after infection. “For humans, undercooked or raw pork and pork products, such as pork sausage, has been the meat most commonly responsible for transmitting the Trichinella parasites. It is a food-borne infection and not contagious from one human to another unless infected human muscle is eaten.”