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. 2020 Aug;26(8):1759–1766. doi: 10.3201/eid2608.191497

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Trichinella larvae samples from patients in Cambodia. A) Transverse section of a muscle (bicep) biopsy specimen from patient 13 showing a nonencapsulated T. papuae stage 1 nematode larva in the center of the specimen (hematoxylin phloxine saffron stain; scale bar = 200 μm). B) Higher magnification view of the same biopsy specimen showing the coelomyarian muscle structure and stichosome of Trichinella larvae (scale bar = 50 μm). C) T. papuae stage 1 nematode larva after deparaffinization and artificial digestion of muscle biopsy specimen (scale bar = 50 μm).