Mississippi State Department of Health

Trichinosis

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Trichinellosis is an roundworm infection that results from eating raw or undercooked pork or wild game. While infection was once very common, it is now rare.

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Links referenced on this page
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention    https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/trichinellosis/
MEDLINE plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000631.htm

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