KROK 1 2014 – Question 104 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
In one of Polessye regions there was an outbreak of helminthiasis manifested by cramps and facial edemata. The developed preventive measures in particular included ban for eating infested pork even after heat processing. What helminthiasis was the case?
- A. Echinococcosis
- B. Teniasis
- C. Trichinosis
- D. Taeniarhynchosis
- E. Alveococcosis
Hint
Cramps and facial oedema after eating pork, with a ban even after heat processing: think about which stage of which helminth sits in the meat and what it does in the body.
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