Trichinella Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Trichinella and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Which of the following parasites enters its host through ingestion of infected food: | View Page |
| Match the organisms on the left with their appropriate type on the right: | View Page |
| Which of the parasites listed here is/are transmitted via ingestion of contaminated pork? | View Page |
| Match each parasite listed here with its respective mode of human transmission: (answers may be used more than once) | View Page |
| This suspicious form was recovered in muscle tissue. | View Page |
| This parasite, found in striated muscle, is responsible for which of the following conditions? | View Page |
| Match each parasite listed here with its respective classification: | View Page |
| Stool is the specimen of choice for the recovery of which of the following parasites? | View Page |
| Which of the following parasites lay live larvae? | View Page |
| Match each parasite listed here with its corresponding optimal specimen type from which it may be recovered: | View Page |
| The eggs of Necator americanus are basically indistinguishable from the eggs of: | View Page |
| An 18 year old female athlete, who recently competed in a barefoot run for charity in Southern Georgia, presented to her doctor for a routine check-up. Other than complaining of being exhausted and having occasional diarrhea, she was in good health. The doctor ordered a stool for culture and parasite examination. The culture was negative. Numerous suspicious forms, as that shown here, were seen upon microscopic examination of the stool. The name of this suspicious form is: | View Page |
| A 29 year old male steak house owner from Arizona presented to his doctor complaining of weight loss, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Patient history revealed that the man eats all of his meals at his restaurant and his favorite meat is rare sirloin steak. The man also noted that he had recently been on anti-parasitic medication. The doctor ordered a stool for parasitic examination. These two suspicious forms were seen. The patient is most likely suffering from an infection with: | View Page |
| This parasite was recovered in a veterinary stool sample. Which of the following human parasites does it most closely resemble. | View Page |
| Which of the following parasites may be recovered in the peripheral blood? | View Page |
| Xenodiagnosis has historically been used to identify: | View Page |
| Select the letter representing the cell that may be seen in increased numbers in the peripheral blood smear in immediate hypersensitivity reactions: | View Page |