Trichinosis with Neurologic and Cardiac Involvement
Authors: DEAN F. GRAY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 August 1962Trichinosis with Neurologic and Cardiac InvolvementReview of the Literature and Report of Three CasesDEAN F. GRAY, M.D., BERNARD S. MORSE, M.D., WESLEY F. PHILLIPS, A.B.DEAN F. GRAY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BERNARD S. MORSE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WESLEY F. PHILLIPS, A.B.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-2-230 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptData on its incidence establish trichinosis as the most prevalent helminthic infestation of man. Autopsy information (1) and corroborative skin testing (2) indicate that 30,000,000 Americans, or one out of every 6, harborTrichinella spiralis. Obviously the overwhelming majority are asymptomatically parasitized. Although it is difficult to predict the number of symptomatic cases because of varying degrees of host resistance and sites of larval dissemination, it is estimated that 16,000 Americans yearly will consume sufficient viable larvae to cause detectable illness. The mortality rate for trichinosis is generally regarded as 5 to 6 per cent (3), from which 800 deaths...References1. GOULD SE: Trichinosis, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SAWITZ W: Are post-mortem statistics on trichinosis valid for the living population? Amer. J. Public Health 27: 1023, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. Editorial: Trichinosis. J. A. M. A. 152: 241, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. MERRITTROSENBAUM HHM: Involvement of the nervous system in trichiniasis. J. A. M. A. 106: 1646, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HURD RW: Focal cerebral injury due to Trichinella spiralis. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 17: 526, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. 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