Vincent and Dick trace the life cycle of Trichinella spiralis in an infected host.
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
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Trichinella life cycle (jpg)
Newborn larva entering muscle cell (jpg)
Adult T. spiralis in columnar epithelial cell (jpg)
Adult female T. spiralis (jpg)
Infective first stage T. spiralis larva in Nurse cell in muscle tissue (jpg)
Adult female T. spiralis with fully formed larvae in uterus (jpg)
Adult male T. spiralis with claspers on tai...
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