Figs. 2-5.

Larvae of Trichinella spiralis detected from muscle biopsy of the patient.

Fig. 2. A sectioned larva in the worm cyst of muscle biopsied at 34 days after infection (H-E stained). Fig. 3. Enlarged view of Fig. 2, showing the intense inflammatory response around the nurse cells (arrow heads)-larva (L) complex (H-E stained). Figs. 4 & 5. Two larvae in press preparation of muscle biopsyed at 41 days after eating raw badger (at 10 days after treatment with flubendazole and albendazole). The larvae detected at the same day were uncoiled and did not show the infectivity in mice and a hamster. The bar represents µm in length.