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. 1980 Mar;43(3):281–282. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.43.3.281

Trichinella thrives in both oxidative and glycolytic human muscle fibres.

J Ochoa, C Pallis
PMCID: PMC490522  PMID: 7373326

Abstract

In a deltoid biopsy from a severe case of human trichinosis the larvae of Trichinella spiralis did not exhibit any predilection for any particular fibre type. Type I and type II fibres were involved with a frequency proportionate to their distribution in the muscle sampled.

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