KROK 1 2016 – Question 128 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
In one of Polessia regions there was an outbreak of helminthiasis manifested by cramps and facial edemas. The developed preventive measures in particular included ban for eating infested pork even after heat processing. What helminthiasis was the case?
- A. Echinococcosis
- B. Alveococcosis
- C. Taeniarhynchosis
- D. Trichinosis
- E. Teniasis
Hint
Combine the muscle cramps and facial swelling with the fact that even heat-processed meat stays dangerous, and ask which parasite's tissue stage lives in the meat itself.
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