Trichinellosis or trichinosis is a foodborne disease caused by the parasitic nematode Trichinella and is widely distributed in the temperate, tropical, and arctic regions. Humans become infected after eating larvae present in raw or inadequately cooked meat.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Parasitic infections (animals)
Infections caused by nematodes
H01099 Trichinosis
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Helminthiases
Diseases due to nematodes
1F6E Trichinosis
H01099 Trichinosis