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Infestation by trichina larvae that are transmitted by eating inadequately cooked meat (especially pork); larvae migrate from the intestinal tract to the muscles where they become encysted.
TRICHINIASIS (Trichinosis).-Thedisease is caused by the trichina spiratis, a parasite introduced into the body by eating imperfectly cooked flesh of infected hogs.