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National Agricultural Library (United States Department of Agriculture).
Searchable database for resources available to persons interested in information on Trichinella.
Food Safety Research Information Office (National Agricultural Library [United States Department of Agriculture]).
Review current research projects from the Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO) database pertaining to trichinella.
Agricultural Research Service (United States Department of Agriculture).
Search for publications published and maintained by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), that deal with trichinella.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States Department of Health and Human Services).
Cases are defined by clinical characteristics and the results of laboratory testing for evidence of Trichinella infection. States report cases through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System. The reported cases from 2002-2007 are summarized.
National Center for Infectious Diseases (National Institutes of Health [United States Department of Health and Human Services]).
Illustrates the causal agents and life cycle of Trichinella. Observe the above panel for clinical features, laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.
International Commission on Trichinellosis.
Provides information on Trichinella from various publications including FAO/WHO/OIE guidelines for the management of Trichinellosis.
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control (Department of Public Health [State of Massachusetts]).
Fact sheet that outlines the etiology, clinical description, vectors and reservoirs, modes of transmission, incubation and infection period, epidemiology, reporting, laboratory testing, and controlling further spread of trichinosis.
Cornell University.
The Food Safety Wiki, maintained by Cornell University, entry for trichinella.