TWiP #4 - Trichinella life cycle - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello

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 (jpg)


• Newborn larva entering muscle cell (jpg)


• Adult T. spiralis in columnar epithelial cell (jpg)


• Adult female T. spiralis (jpg)


• Infective first stage T. spiralis larva in Nurse cell in muscle tissue (jpg)


• Adult female T. spiralis with fully formed larvae in uterus (jpg)


• Adult male T. spiralis with claspers on tail (jpg)


• Clinical correlations in trichinosis (jpg)


• Letters read on TWiP #4

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