Trichinella spiralis
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Trichinella spiralis is a parasitic roundworm that causes trichinosis in humans and other mammals, typically acquired by eating undercooked meat containing its larvae.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trichinella spiralis canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T776146 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trichinella spiralis Context triple: [Nematoda, includesTaxon, Trichinella spiralis]
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A.
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm that infects the human intestine and is a common cause of ascariasis worldwide.
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B.
Brugia malayi
Brugia malayi is a parasitic roundworm that infects humans and causes lymphatic filariasis, a tropical disease characterized by swelling and damage to the lymphatic system.
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C.
Enterobius vermicularis
Enterobius vermicularis is a small parasitic pinworm that commonly infects the human intestine, especially in children, causing enterobiasis characterized by perianal itching.
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D.
Wuchereria bancrofti
Wuchereria bancrofti is a parasitic filarial nematode that infects the human lymphatic system and is the primary cause of lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) worldwide.
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E.
Onchocerca volvulus
Onchocerca volvulus is a parasitic roundworm that causes river blindness (onchocerciasis) in humans, transmitted by the bites of infected blackflies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trichinella spiralis Target entity description: Trichinella spiralis is a parasitic roundworm that causes trichinosis in humans and other mammals, typically acquired by eating undercooked meat containing its larvae.
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A.
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ascaris lumbricoides is a large parasitic roundworm that infects the human intestine and is a common cause of ascariasis worldwide.
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B.
Brugia malayi
Brugia malayi is a parasitic roundworm that infects humans and causes lymphatic filariasis, a tropical disease characterized by swelling and damage to the lymphatic system.
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C.
Enterobius vermicularis
Enterobius vermicularis is a small parasitic pinworm that commonly infects the human intestine, especially in children, causing enterobiasis characterized by perianal itching.
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D.
Wuchereria bancrofti
Wuchereria bancrofti is a parasitic filarial nematode that infects the human lymphatic system and is the primary cause of lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) worldwide.
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E.
Onchocerca volvulus
Onchocerca volvulus is a parasitic roundworm that causes river blindness (onchocerciasis) in humans, transmitted by the bites of infected blackflies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nematode
ⓘ
parasitic roundworm ⓘ species ⓘ |
| authority | (Owen, 1835) ⓘ |
| binomialName | Trichinella spiralis ⓘ |
| causes | trichinosis ⓘ |
| diagnosisMethod |
muscle biopsy
ⓘ
polymerase chain reaction ⓘ serology ⓘ |
| diseaseType | foodborne zoonosis ⓘ |
| domain |
Eukaryota
ⓘ
linked to:
Eukarya
|
| family | Trichinellidae ⓘ |
| genus | Trichinella ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| habitat |
intestinal mucosa of definitive host
ⓘ
striated skeletal muscle of host ⓘ |
| hostType | intracellular parasite in muscle cells ⓘ |
| infects |
bears
ⓘ
humans ⓘ other mammals ⓘ pigs ⓘ wild boars ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleCharacteristic | single host completes entire life cycle ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
adult worm in small intestine
ⓘ
encysted larvae in striated muscle ⓘ newborn larvae in bloodstream ⓘ |
| morphology |
females larger than males
ⓘ
small cylindrical body ⓘ |
| muscleCellChange | induces nurse cell formation ⓘ |
| order | Trichinellida ⓘ |
| phylum | Nematoda ⓘ |
| preventionMethod |
freezing of pork under specific conditions
ⓘ
meat inspection ⓘ thorough cooking of meat ⓘ |
| primaryReservoir | domestic pigs ⓘ |
| reproductionType | ovoviviparous ⓘ |
| symptomInHumans |
eosinophilia
ⓘ
fever ⓘ gastrointestinal disturbances ⓘ myalgia ⓘ periorbital edema ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionAssociatedFood |
undercooked pork
ⓘ
undercooked wild game meat ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute | ingestion of undercooked meat containing larvae ⓘ |
| treatment |
albendazole
ⓘ
corticosteroids for severe inflammation ⓘ mebendazole ⓘ |
| zoonotic | true ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Trichinella spiralis Description of subject: Trichinella spiralis is a parasitic roundworm that causes trichinosis in humans and other mammals, typically acquired by eating undercooked meat containing its larvae.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.