Encapsulated larvae of Trichinella spiralis were found in wild-trapped, Microtus pennsylvanicus and Sigmodon hispidus. In addition, Peromyscus leucopus and Mus musculus again were found infected. These mammals were trapped from a farm site in Henrico County, Virginia, remote from known potential sources of trichinosis. The possible zoonotic relationship between wild rodent trichinosis and swine trichinosis is discussed.
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1 April 1980
NATIVE TRICHINOSIS IN WILD RODENTS IN HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA
R. B. HOLLIMAN,
BARBARAJ. MEADE