Trichinosis in the Arctic

Authors

Robert L. Rausch, Arctic Health Research CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1960

Comments

Published in Wiadomości Parazytologiczne (1960) 6: 305-306. ISSN: 0043-5163.

Abstract

Trichinella spiralis (Owen, 1835) is a common parasite of mammals in the Arctic. High rates of infection have been recorded in terrestrial carnivores (particularly Canidae, Ursidae, and Mustelidae), but representatives of several other groups, including marine mammals, have been found infected. From existing information, it appears that the natural cycles have at least three ecologicaIIy distinct patterns, described in this note.